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Decimal.IConvertible.ToType Method

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This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

For a description of this member, see IConvertible.ToType.

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

Syntax

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Object IConvertible.ToType(
	Type type,
	IFormatProvider provider
)

Parameters

type: Type: System.Type
The type to which to convert the value of this Decimal instance.

provider: Type: System.IFormatProvider
An IFormatProvider implementation that supplies culture-specific information about the format of the returned value.

Return Value

Type: System.Object
The value of the current instance, converted to a type.

Implements

IConvertible.ToType(Type, IFormatProvider)

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	type is null.
InvalidCastException	The requested type conversion is not supported.

Remarks

This member is an explicit interface member implementation. It can be used only when the Decimal instance is cast to an IConvertible interface. The recommended alternative is to call the static (Shared in Visual Basic) Convert.ChangeType method instead.

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