Java Programming

Hello everyone,

I have this small VB6 function needed to be converted properly into Java

This is the VB6 function

Public Function Crypt(ByVal Text As String) As String
    Dim X As Integer
    For X = 1 To Len(Text)
    Crypt = Crypt & Chr(Asc(Mid$(Text, Len(Text) - X + 1, 1)) Xor &HA5)
    Next X
End Function

It is just a function to invert and encrypt a string. And if you run Crypt(Crypt("10108"), it will give you "10108" back (because of the Xor operator)

My java equivalent is

    public static String crypt(String input)
    {
        int i = 0;
        int len = input.length();
        int a5 = 0xa5; // variable used in original VB code for encoding
        String cryptOutput = new String("");
        
        for (i = 0; i < input.length(); i++)
        {
            cryptOutput = cryptOutput + ((char)(((byte) input.charAt(len - i - 1)) ^ ((byte)a5)));
        }
        return cryptOutput;
    }

My java function also work in a sense that crypt(crypt("10108") also gives back "10108", but the my crypt("10108") output is different from the VB6 code Crypt("10108"). And it is important for them to be the same... I've been trying without success in finding out why...
Could someone point out to my why there is a difference? Thank you in advance :)

Could someone