Decimal Explicit Conversion (Decimal to UInt32)
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Converts a Decimal to a 32-bit unsigned integer.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- value
- Type: System.Decimal
A Decimal to convert.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| OverflowException | value is negative or greater than UInt32.MaxValue. |
This operator supports the explicit conversion of a Decimal to a UInt32. The syntax for such explicit conversions is language-dependent, and individual language compilers can provide different implementations and return different results. The example illustrates the different return values when you explicitly convert a Decimal value to a UInt32 value by using C# and Visual Basic. To perform a conversion that is independent of language, you can call the ToUInt32 or the Convert.ToUInt32(Decimal) method.
The following code example converts Decimal numbers to UInt32 values using the explicit Decimal to UInt32 conversion.
// Example of the explicit conversions from decimal to int and // decimal to uint. using System; class Example { const string formatter = "{0,17}{1,19}{2,19}"; // Get the exception type name; remove the namespace prefix. public static string GetExceptionType(Exception ex) { string exceptionType = ex.GetType().ToString(); return exceptionType.Substring( exceptionType.LastIndexOf('.') + 1); } // Convert the decimal argument; catch exceptions that are thrown. public static void DecimalToU_Int32(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock, decimal argument) { object Int32Value; object UInt32Value; // Convert the argument to an int value. try { Int32Value = (int)argument; } catch (Exception ex) { Int32Value = GetExceptionType(ex); } // Convert the argument to a uint value. try { UInt32Value = (uint)argument; } catch (Exception ex) { UInt32Value = GetExceptionType(ex); } outputBlock.Text += String.Format(formatter, argument, Int32Value, UInt32Value) + "\n"; } public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock) { outputBlock.Text += String.Format( "This example of the explicit conversions from decimal " + "to int \nand decimal to uint generates the following " + "output. It displays \nseveral converted decimal " + "values.\n") + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format(formatter, "decimal argument", "int/exception", "uint/exception") + "\n"; outputBlock.Text += String.Format(formatter, "----------------", "-------------", "--------------") + "\n"; // Convert decimal values and display the results. DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, 123M); DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, new decimal(123000, 0, 0, false, 3)); DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, 123.999M); DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, 4294967295.999M); DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, 4294967296M); DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, 2147483647.999M); DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, 2147483648M); DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, -0.999M); DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, -1M); DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, -2147483648.999M); DecimalToU_Int32(outputBlock, -2147483649M); } } /* This example of the explicit conversions from decimal to int and decimal to uint generates the following output. It displays several converted decimal values. decimal argument int/exception uint/exception ---------------- ------------- -------------- 123 123 123 123.000 123 123 123.999 123 123 4294967295.999 OverflowException 4294967295 4294967296 OverflowException OverflowException 2147483647.999 2147483647 2147483647 2147483648 OverflowException 2147483648 -0.999 0 0 -1 -1 OverflowException -2147483648.999 -2147483648 OverflowException -2147483649 OverflowException OverflowException */