Boolean.TryParse Method
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Tries to convert the specified string representation of a logical value to its Boolean equivalent. A return value indicates whether the conversion succeeded or failed.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- value
- Type: System.String
A string containing the value to convert.
- result
- Type:
System.Boolean
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When this method returns, if the conversion succeeded, contains true if value is equivalent to TrueString or false if value is equivalent to FalseString. If the conversion failed, contains false. The conversion fails if value is null or is not equivalent to either the TrueString or FalseString field.
The TryParse method is like the Parse method, except the TryParse method does not throw an exception if the conversion fails.
The value parameter can be preceded or followed by white space. The comparison is case-insensitive.
The following example calls the TryParse method to parse an array of strings. Note that the parse operation succeeds only if the string to be parsed is "True" (the value of the TrueString field) or "False" (the value of the FalseString field) in a case-insensitive comparison.
using System; public class Example { public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock) { string[] values = { null, String.Empty, "True", "False", "true", "false", " true ", "0", "1", "-1", "string" }; foreach (var value in values) { bool flag; if (Boolean.TryParse(value, out flag)) outputBlock.Text += String.Format("'{0}' --> {1}", value, flag) + "\n"; else outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Unable to parse '{0}'.", value == null ? "<null>" : value) + "\n"; } } } // The example displays the following output: // Unable to parse '<null>'. // Unable to parse ''. // 'True' --> True // 'False' --> False // 'true' --> True // 'false' --> False // ' true ' --> True // Unable to parse '0'. // Unable to parse '1'. // Unable to parse '-1'. // Unable to parse 'string'.