ToByte Method (Object, IFormatProvider)

Convert.ToByte Method (Object, IFormatProvider)

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

Converts the value of the specified Object to an 8-bit unsigned integer using the specified culture-specific formatting information.

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

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ToByte ( _
	value As Object, _
	provider As IFormatProvider _
) As Byte

Parameters

value
Type: System.Object
An Object that implements the IConvertible interface.
provider
Type: System.IFormatProvider
An IFormatProvider interface implementation that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Return Value

Type: System.Byte
An 8-bit unsigned integer equivalent to the value of value, or zero if value is Nothing.

provider enables the user to specify culture-specific conversion information about the contents of value. For example, if value is a String that represents a number, provider could supply culture-specific information about the notation used to represent that number.

The base types ignore provider; however, it is honored if value is a user-defined type that implements the IConvertible interface.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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