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Guid::ParseExact Method

Updated: August 2011

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)

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.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

input or format is nullptr.

FormatException

input is not in a recognized format.

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}}

The following example calls the ToString 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.

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, 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.

Date

History

Reason

August 2011

Added an example.

Information enhancement.

July 2011

Removed Exception from the list of exceptions.

Content bug fix.

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