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SByte::Parse Method (String)

Converts the string representation of a number to its 8-bit signed integer equivalent.

This API is not CLS-compliant. The CLS-compliant alternative is Parse(String).

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

[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public:
static signed char Parse(
	String^ s
)

Parameters

s
Type: System::String
A string that represents a number to convert. The string is interpreted using the NumberStyles::Integer style.

Return Value

Type: System::SByte
An 8-bit signed integer that is equivalent to the number contained in the s parameter.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

s is nullptr.

FormatException

s does not consist of an optional sign followed by a sequence of digits (zero through nine).

OverflowException

s represents a number less than MinValue or greater than MaxValue.

The s parameter contains a number of the 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.

digits

A sequence of digits ranging from 0 to 9.

The s parameter is interpreted using the NumberStyles::Integer style. In addition to the byte value's decimal digits, only leading and trailing spaces with a leading positive or negative sign are allowed. To explicitly define the style elements that can be present in s, use either the Parse(String, NumberStyles) or the Parse(String, NumberStyles, IFormatProvider) method.

The s parameter is parsed by using the formatting information in a NumberFormatInfo that is initialized for the current system culture. For more information, see NumberFormatInfo::CurrentInfo. To parse a string by using the formatting information of some other culture, use the Parse(String, NumberStyles, IFormatProvider) method.

The following example demonstrates how to convert a string value into a signed byte value using the Parse method. The resulting signed byte value is then displayed to the console.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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