Guid::ParseExact Method (String^, String^)

.NET Framework (current version)

Converts the string representation of a GUID to the equivalent Guid structure, provided that the string is in the specified format.

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

Syntax

C++

public:
static Guid ParseExact(
	String^ input,
	String^ format
)

Parameters

input: Type: System::String^
The GUID to convert.

format: Type: System::String^
One of the following specifiers that indicates the exact format to use when interpreting input: "N", "D", "B", "P", or "X".

Return Value

Type: System::Guid

A structure that contains the value that was parsed.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	input or format is null.
FormatException	input is not in the format specified by format.

The ParseExact method requires the string to convert to be exactly in the format specified by the format parameter, after leading and trailing white-space characters are removed. The following table shows the accepted format specifiers for the format parameter. "0" represents a digit; hyphens ("-"), braces ("{", "}"), and parentheses ("(", ")") appear as shown.

Specifier	Format of the input parameter
N	32 digits: 00000000000000000000000000000000
D	32 digits separated by hyphens: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
B	32 digits separated by hyphens, enclosed in braces: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
P	32 digits separated by hyphens, enclosed in parentheses: (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000)
X	Four hexadecimal values enclosed in braces, where the fourth value is a subset of eight hexadecimal values that is also enclosed in braces: {0x00000000,0x0000,0x0000,{0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}}

Examples

The following example calls the ToString(String^) method with each of the supported format specifiers to generate an array of strings that represent a single GUID. These are then passed to the ParseExact method, which successfully parses only the string that conforms to the "B" format specifier.

C++

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

Version Information

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 4.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 4.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.1
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1