Version.TryParse Method
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Tries to convert the string representation of a version number to an equivalent Version object, and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
'Declaration Public Shared Function TryParse ( _ input As String, _ <OutAttribute> ByRef result As Version _ ) As Boolean
Parameters
- input
- Type: System.String
A string that contains a version number to convert.
- result
- Type:
System.Version
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When this method returns, contains the Version equivalent of the number that is contained in input, if the conversion succeeded, or a Version object whose major and minor version numbers are 0 if the conversion failed.
Return Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if the input parameter was converted successfully; otherwise, false.
The TryParse method is similar to the Parse method, except that it does not throw an exception if the conversion fails. Instead, it returns false if input is null, has fewer than two or more than four components, has at least one component that is not an integer, has at least one component that is less than zero, or has at least one component that is greater than Int32.MaxValue.
For the parse operation to succeed, the input parameter must be in the following format:
major.minor[.build[.revision]]
where major, minor, build, and revision are the string representations of the version number's four components: major version number, minor version number, build number, and revision number. Optional components are shown in square brackets ([ and ]). The components must appear in order, and must be separated by periods.
The following example uses the TryParse method to parse a number of strings that contain version information.
Module Example Public Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) Dim input As String = "4.0" ParseVersion(outputBlock, input) input = "4.0." ParseVersion(outputBlock, input) input = "1.1.2" ParseVersion(outputBlock, input) input = "1.1.2.01702" ParseVersion(outputBlock, input) input = "1.1.2.0702.119" ParseVersion(outputBlock, input) input = "1.3.5.2150000000" ParseVersion(outputBlock, input) End Sub Private Sub ParseVersion(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock, ByVal input As String) Dim ver As Version = Nothing If Version.TryParse(input, ver) Then outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Converted '{0} to {1}.", input, ver) & vbCrLf Else outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Unable to determine the version from '{0}'.", _ input) & vbCrLf End If End Sub End Module ' The example displays the following output: ' Converted '4.0 to 4.0. ' Unable to determine the version from '4.0.'. ' Converted '1.1.2 to 1.1.2. ' Converted '1.1.2.01702 to 1.1.2.1702. ' Unable to determine the version from '1.1.2.0702.119'. ' Unable to determine the version from '1.3.5.2150000000'.