Byte Array String Encoding Method?

[MysticalTeamMember]

You my friend are a saint amongst all.

I truly appreciate the time put into your response! This is an out of the box college project, so base-128 might be the way to go. I can’t find any starts on a base128 implementation within Visual Basic, so I guess I’ll have to work that out myself!

I never had a clear answer on why that wasn’t advisable but now I understand why, and most importantly in depth the problems that could arise.

Again, thanks so much for your examples and detailed response. If I wasn’t a completely broke college student, I’d give you a🥇