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XElement Explicit Conversion (XElement to Single)

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Cast the value of this XElement to a Single.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

Namespace:  System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:  System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Narrowing Operator CType ( _
    element As XElement _
) As Single

public static explicit operator float (
    XElement element
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Single
A Single that contains the content of this XElement.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
FormatException

The element does not contain a valid Single value.
ArgumentNullException

The element parameter is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Examples

The following example creates an element with single precision floating point content. It then retrieves the value by casting to Single.

XElement root = new XElement("Root", 3.402823e38);
float value = (float)root;

Dim root As XElement = <Root>3.402823E+38</Root>
Dim value As Single = CSng(root)

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.