StringExtensionsConvertToType(String, Type) Method
Converts this string into the specified type.
Namespace: Gemstone.StringExtensionsAssembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.128 -- Release Build+d050cfc5563c89a1188cc3c6b2d417530856f490
public static Object? ConvertToType(
this string? value,
Type type
)
<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function ConvertToType (
value As String,
type As Type
) As Object
public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static Object^ ConvertToType(
String^ value,
Type^ type
)
Gemstone.StringExtensions.StringExtensions.ConvertToType = function(value, type);
- value String
- Source string to convert to type.
- type Type
- Type to convert string to.
ObjectString converted to specified
Type; default value of specified type if conversion fails.In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type
String. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see
Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or
Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).
This function makes use of a
TypeConverter to convert this
String to the specified
type,
the best way to make sure
value can be converted back to its original type is to use the same
TypeConverter to convert the original object to a
String; see the
TypeConvertToString(Object) method for an easy way to do this.