Convert a System.String into a System.Boolean using System.Convert : System Convert « Data Type « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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using System;

using System.Globalization;

class MainClass
{
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {      
    string theString = "true";
    Console.WriteLine("Convert.ToBoolean(theString)");        
    bool theBool = Convert.ToBoolean(theString);
    Console.WriteLine("Type code string converted to bool is: {0}", theBool.GetTypeCode());
    Console.WriteLine("Value of converted string: {0}", theBool);
  }
}

Convert.ToBoolean(theString)
Type code string converted to bool is: Boolean
Value of converted string: True