SByte.TryParse tries to convert string in a style and culture-specific format to SByte
Imports System.Globalization
Module StringParsing
Public Sub Main()
Dim numericString As String
Dim styles As NumberStyles
numericString = "1"
styles = NumberStyles.Integer
CallTryParse(numericString, styles)
numericString = "-1"
styles = NumberStyles.None
CallTryParse(numericString, styles)
numericString = "1.00"
styles = NumberStyles.Integer Or NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint
CallTryParse(numericString, styles)
numericString = "1.72"
styles = NumberStyles.Integer Or NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint
CallTryParse(numericString, styles)
numericString = "1E-01"
styles = NumberStyles.Integer Or NumberStyles.AllowExponent
CallTryParse(numericString, styles)
numericString = "12E-01"
CallTryParse(numericString, styles)
numericString = "12E01"
CallTryParse(numericString, styles)
numericString = "C8"
CallTryParse(numericString, NumberStyles.HexNumber)
numericString = "0x8C"
CallTryParse(numericString, NumberStyles.HexNumber)
End Sub
Private Sub CallTryParse(stringToConvert As String, styles AS NumberStyles)
Dim number As SByte
Dim result As Boolean = SByte.TryParse(stringToConvert, styles, _
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, number)
If result Then
Console.WriteLine("Converted '{0}' to {1}.", stringToConvert, number)
Else
Console.WriteLine("Attempted conversion of '{0}' failed.",Convert.ToString(stringToConvert))
End If
End Sub
End Module
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