Parsing Strings

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The Parse method converts a string that represents a .NET Framework base type into an actual .NET Framework base type. Because parsing is the reverse operation of formatting (converting a base type into a string representation), many of the same rules and conventions apply. Just as formatting uses an object that implements the IFormatProvider interface to format the information into a string, parsing also uses an object that implements the IFormatProvider interface to determine how to interpret a string representation. For more information, see Formatting Overview.

In This Section

• Parsing Numeric Strings
  Describes how to convert strings into .NET Framework numeric types.

• Parsing Date and Time Strings
  Describes how to convert strings into .NET Framework DateTime types.

• Parsing Other Strings
  Describes how to convert strings into Char, Boolean, and Enum types.

Related Sections

• Formatting Types
  Describes basic formatting concepts like format specifiers and format providers.

• Type Conversion in the .NET Framework for Silverlight
  Describes how to convert types.