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11/18/2011

UInt32.TryParse Method (String, UInt32%)

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Updated: May 2010

Converts the string representation of a number to its 32-bit unsigned integer equivalent. A return value indicates whether the conversion succeeded or failed.

This API is not CLS-compliant. The CLS-compliant alternative is TryParse(String, Int64%).

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<CLSCompliantAttribute(False)> _
Public Shared Function TryParse ( _
    s As String, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef result As UInteger _
) As Boolean

[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public static bool TryParse(
    string s,
    out uint result
)

Parameters

s
Type: System.String
A string that represents the number to convert.

result
Type: System.UInt32%
When this method returns, contains the 32-bit unsigned integer value that is equivalent to the number contained in s, if the conversion succeeded, or zero if the conversion failed. The conversion fails if the s parameter is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), is not of the correct format, or represents a number less than UInt32.MinValue or greater than UInt32.MaxValue. This parameter is passed uninitialized.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if s was converted successfully; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The TryParse method is like the Parse method, except that it does not throw an exception if the conversion fails. This method eliminates the need to use exception handling to test for a FormatException if s is invalid and cannot be successfully parsed.

The s parameter should be the string representation of a decimal number in the following form:

[ws][sign]digits[ws]

Elements in square brackets ([ and ]) are optional. The following table describes each element.

Element	Description
ws	Optional white space.
sign	An optional sign. Valid sign characters are determined by the NumberFormatInfo.NegativeSign and NumberFormatInfo.PositiveSign properties of the current culture.
digits	A sequence of decimal digits ranging from 0 to 9.

The s parameter is interpreted by using the NumberStyles.Integer style. In addition to the decimal digits, only leading and trailing spaces with a leading sign are allowed. To explicitly define the style elements with the culture-specific formatting information that can be present in s, call the TryParse(String, NumberStyles, IFormatProvider, UInt32%) method.

Note:
The string specified by the s parameter cannot contain any group separators or decimal separator, and it cannot have a fractional portion.

The s parameter is parsed by using the formatting information in a NumberFormatInfo object for the current system culture. For more information, see NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.

This overload interprets all digits in the s parameter as decimal digits. To parse the string representation of a hexadecimal number, call the TryParse(String, NumberStyles, IFormatProvider, UInt32%) overload instead.

Examples

The following example calls the TryParse(String, UInt32%) method once for each element in a string array.

Dim numericStrings() As String = {"1293.8", "+1671.7", "28347.", _
                                  "   33113684  ", "(0)", "-0", "+1293617", _
                                  "18-", "119870", "31,024", "  3127094 ", _
                                  "0070000"}
Dim number As UInteger
For Each numericString As String In numericStrings
   If UInt32.TryParse(numericString, number) Then
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Converted '{0}' to {1}.", numericString, number) & vbCrLf
   Else
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Cannot convert '{0}' to a UInt32.", numericString) & vbCrLf
   End If
Next
' The example displays the following output:
'       Cannot convert '1293.8' to a UInt32.
'       Cannot convert '+1671.7' to a UInt32.
'       Cannot convert '28347.' to a UInt32.
'       Converted '   33113684  ' to 33113684.
'       Cannot convert '(0)' to a UInt32.
'       Converted '-0' to 0.
'       Converted '+1293617' to 1293617.
'       Cannot convert '18-' to a UInt32.
'       Converted '119870' to 119870.
'       Cannot convert '31,024' to a UInt32.
'       Converted '  3127094 ' to 3127094.
'       Converted '0070000' to 70000.

string[] numericStrings = { "1293.8", "+1671.7", "28347.", 
                            "   33113684  ", "(0)", "-0", "+1293617", 
                            "18-", "119870", "31,024", "  3127094 ",  
                            "0070000" };
uint number;
foreach (string numericString in numericStrings)
{
   if (UInt32.TryParse(numericString, out number))
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Converted '{0}' to {1}.", numericString, number) + "\n";
   else
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Cannot convert '{0}' to a UInt32.", numericString) + "\n";
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       Cannot convert '1293.8' to a UInt32.
//       Cannot convert '+1671.7' to a UInt32.
//       Cannot convert '28347.' to a UInt32.
//       Converted '   33113684  ' to 33113684.
//       Cannot convert '(0)' to a UInt32.
//       Converted '-0' to 0.
//       Converted '+1293617' to 1293617.
//       Cannot convert '18-' to a UInt32.
//       Converted '119870' to 119870.
//       Cannot convert '31,024' to a UInt32.
//       Converted '  3127094 ' to 3127094.
//       Converted '0070000' to 70000.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Change History

Date	History	Reason
May 2010	Revised extensively.	Information enhancement.