Explicit Conversion (XElement to Single)

XElement Narrowing Conversion (XElement to Single)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Cast the value of this XElement to a Single.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

Namespace:  System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:  System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)

'Declaration
Public Shared Narrowing Operator CType ( _
	element As XElement _
) As Single

Parameters

element
Type: System.Xml.Linq.XElement
The XElement to cast to Single.

Return Value

Type: System.Single
A Single that contains the content of this XElement.

ExceptionCondition
FormatException

The element does not contain a valid Single value.

ArgumentNullException

The element parameter is Nothing.

The following example creates an element with single precision floating point content. It then retrieves the value by casting to Single.

Dim root As XElement = <Root>3.402823E+38</Root>
Dim value As Single = CSng(root)

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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