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Parsing Strings

.NET Framework 4.5

A parsing operation converts a string that represents a .NET Framework base type into that base type. For example, a parsing operation is used to convert a string to a floating-point number or to a date and time value. The method most commonly used to perform a parsing operation is the Parse method. Because parsing is the reverse operation of formatting (which involves converting a base type into its string representation), many of the same rules and conventions apply. Just as formatting uses an object that implements the IFormatProvider interface to provide culture-sensitive formatting information, parsing also uses an object that implements the IFormatProvider interface to determine how to interpret a string representation. For more information, see Formatting Types.

In This Section

Parsing Numeric Strings: Describes how to convert strings into .NET Framework numeric types.
Parsing Date and Time Strings: Describes how to convert strings into .NET Framework DateTime types.
Parsing Other Strings: Describes how to convert strings into Char, Boolean, and Enum types.

Related Sections

Formatting Types: Describes basic formatting concepts like format specifiers and format providers.
Type Conversion in the .NET Framework: Describes how to convert types.
Working with Base Types: Describes common operations that you can perform on .NET Framework base types.

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