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Subject:
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CInt versus Integer.Parse - what's the difference?
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Posted By:
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sektor
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6/4/2008 1:10:21 AM
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1) What's the difference between CInt and Integer.Parse?
2) Which of two is preferable?
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Reply By:
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planoie
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6/4/2008 8:53:07 AM
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If I understand it correctly, CInt is only for conversion of compatible (and thus convertible) types.
You can convert a numeric type that is not an System.Integer32 (i.e. float, decimal, byte, single, etc.) into an System.Integer32 if the value is really an integer. If you tried to convert 1.1 to a System.Integer32 it would throw an exception.
You can not convert a System.String to a System.Integer32 even if the string's value is a numeric value (ex. "1"). You must parse the string. In the same vain, you basically can't convert a string to anything (perhaps aside from System.Object). It must be parsed (read) into the appropriate type (numeric, datetime, etc).
-Peter
compiledthoughts.com
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sektor
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Reply Date:
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6/5/2008 4:23:31 AM
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Thanks a lot!
So, when a user enters something in TextBox, then I gotta parse it instead of converting it to some data type. It's all clear now!
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