Int16.Parse Method (String, NumberStyles, IFormatProvider)

Parameters

• s
  Type: System.String
  A string containing a number to convert.

• style
  Type: System.Globalization.NumberStyles
  A bitwise combination of enumeration values that indicates the style elements that can be present in s. A typical value to specify is NumberStyles.Integer.

• provider
  Type: System.IFormatProvider
  An IFormatProvider that supplies culture-specific formatting information about s.

Return Value

Type: System.Int16
A 16-bit signed integer equivalent to the number specified in s.

Dim value As String
Dim number As Short
Dim style As NumberStyles
Dim provider As CultureInfo

' Parse string using "." as the thousands separator 
' and " " as the decimal separator.
value = "19 694,00"
style = NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint Or NumberStyles.AllowThousands
provider = New CultureInfo("fr-FR")

number = Int16.Parse(value, style, provider)
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("'{0}' converted to {1}.", value, number) & vbCrLf
' Displays:
'    '19 694,00' converted to 19694.

Try
   number = Int16.Parse(value, style, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
   outputBlock.Text += String.Format("'{0}' converted to {1}.", value, number) & vbCrLf
Catch e As FormatException
   outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Unable to parse '{0}'.", value) & vbCrLf
End Try
' Displays:
'    Unable to parse '19 694,00'.

' Parse string using "$" as the currency symbol for en_GB and
' en-US cultures.
value = "$6,032.00"
style = NumberStyles.Number Or NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol
provider = New CultureInfo("en-GB")

Try
   number = Int16.Parse(value, style, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
   outputBlock.Text += String.Format("'{0}' converted to {1}.", value, number) & vbCrLf
Catch e As FormatException
   outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Unable to parse '{0}'.", value) & vbCrLf
End Try
' Displays:
'    Unable to parse '$6,032.00'.

provider = New CultureInfo("en-US")
number = Int16.Parse(value, style, provider)
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("'{0}' converted to {1}.", value, number) & vbCrLf
' Displays:
'    '$6,032.00' converted to 6032.      

string value;
short number;
NumberStyles style;
CultureInfo provider;

// Parse string using "." as the thousands separator 
// and " " as the decimal separator.
value = "19 694,00";
style = NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint | NumberStyles.AllowThousands;
provider = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");

number = Int16.Parse(value, style, provider);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("'{0}' converted to {1}.", value, number) + "\n";
// Displays:
//    '19 694,00' converted to 19694.

try
{
   number = Int16.Parse(value, style, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
   outputBlock.Text += String.Format("'{0}' converted to {1}.", value, number) + "\n";
}
catch (FormatException)
{
   outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Unable to parse '{0}'.", value) + "\n";
}
// Displays:
//    Unable to parse '19 694,00'.

// Parse string using "$" as the currency symbol for en_GB and
// en-US cultures.
value = "$6,032.00";
style = NumberStyles.Number | NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol;
provider = new CultureInfo("en-GB");

try
{
   number = Int16.Parse(value, style, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
   outputBlock.Text += String.Format("'{0}' converted to {1}.", value, number) + "\n";
}
catch (FormatException)
{
   outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Unable to parse '{0}'.", value) + "\n";
}
// Displays:
//    Unable to parse '$6,032.00'.

provider = new CultureInfo("en-US");
number = Int16.Parse(value, style, provider);
outputBlock.Text += String.Format("'{0}' converted to {1}.", value, number) + "\n";
// Displays:
//    '$6,032.00' converted to 6032.