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Convert::ToByte Method (String, IFormatProvider)

Converts the specified string representation of a number to an equivalent 8-bit unsigned integer, using specified culture-specific formatting information.

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

public:
static unsigned char ToByte(
	String^ value, 
	IFormatProvider^ provider
)

Parameters

value
Type: System::String
A string that contains the number to convert.
provider
Type: System::IFormatProvider
An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Return Value

Type: System::Byte
An 8-bit unsigned integer that is equivalent to value, or zero if value is nullptr.

ExceptionCondition
FormatException

value does not consist of an optional sign followed by a sequence of digits (0 through 9).

OverflowException

value represents a number that is less than Byte::MinValue or greater than Byte::MaxValue.

provider is an IFormatProvider instance that obtains a NumberFormatInfo object. The NumberFormatInfo object provides culture-specific information about the format of value. If provider is nullptr, the NumberFormatInfo object for the current culture is used.

If you prefer not to handle an exception if the conversion fails, you can call the Byte::TryParse method instead. It returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded or failed.

The following example creates a custom NumberFormatInfo object that defines the positive sign as "pos" and the negative sign as "neg", which it uses in calls to the ToByte(String, IFormatProvider) method. It then calls the ToByte(String, IFormatProvider) method repeatedly to convert each element in a string array to a Byte value.

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.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

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

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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