Conversions Class

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Provides methods that perform various type conversions.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Conversions

public sealed class Conversions

The Conversions type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	ChangeType	Converts an object to the specified type.
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	FallbackUserDefinedConversion	Obsolete. Converts an object to the specified type.
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	FromCharAndCount	Converts a Char value to a string, given a byte count.
	FromCharArray	Converts a Char array to a string.
	FromCharArraySubset	Converts a subset of a Char array to a string.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToBoolean(Object)	Converts an object to a Boolean value.
	ToBoolean(String)	Converts a string to a Boolean value.
	ToByte(Object)	Converts an object to a Byte value.
	ToByte(String)	Converts a string to a Byte value.
	ToChar(Object)	Converts an object to a Char value.
	ToChar(String)	Converts a string to a Char value.
	ToCharArrayRankOne(Object)	Converts an object to a one-dimensional Char array.
	ToCharArrayRankOne(String)	Converts a string to a one-dimensional Char array.
	ToDate(Object)	Converts an object to a DateTime value.
	ToDate(String)	Converts a string to a DateTime value.
	ToDecimal(Boolean)	Converts a Boolean value to a Decimal value.
	ToDecimal(Object)	Converts an object to a Decimal value.
	ToDecimal(String)	Converts a string to a Decimal value.
	ToDouble(Object)	Converts an object to a Double value.
	ToDouble(String)	Converts a string to a Double value.
	ToGenericParameter<T>	Converts an object to a generic type T.
	ToInteger(Object)	Converts an object to an integer value.
	ToInteger(String)	Converts a string to an integer value.
	ToLong(Object)	Converts an object to a Long value.
	ToLong(String)	Converts a string to a Long value.
	ToSByte(Object)	Converts an object to an SByte value.
	ToSByte(String)	Converts a string to an SByte value.
	ToShort(Object)	Converts an object to a Short value.
	ToShort(String)	Converts a string to a Short value.
	ToSingle(Object)	Converts an object to a Single value.
	ToSingle(String)	Converts a String to a Single value.
	ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString(Boolean)	Converts a Boolean value to a String.
	ToString(Byte)	Converts a Byte value to a String.
	ToString(Char)	Converts a Char value to a String.
	ToString(DateTime)	Converts a DateTime value to a String value.
	ToString(Decimal)	Converts a Decimal value to a String value.
	ToString(Double)	Converts a Double value to a String value.
	ToString(Int16)	Converts a Short value to a String value.
	ToString(Int32)	Converts an integer value to a String value.
	ToString(Int64)	Converts a Long value to a String value.
	ToString(Object)	Converts an object to a String value.
	ToString(Single)	Converts a Single value (a single-precision floating point number) to a String value.
	ToString(UInt32)	Converts a uint value to a String value.
	ToString(UInt64)	Converts a Ulong value to a String value.
	ToString(Decimal, NumberFormatInfo)	Converts a Decimal value to a String value, using the specified number format.
	ToString(Double, NumberFormatInfo)	Converts a Double value to a String value, using the specified number format.
	ToString(Single, NumberFormatInfo)	Converts a Single value to a String value, using the specified number format.
	ToUInteger(Object)	Converts an object to a Uint value.
	ToUInteger(String)	Converts a string to a Uint value.
	ToULong(Object)	Converts an object to a Ulong value.
	ToULong(String)	Converts a string to a Ulong value.
	ToUShort(Object)	Converts an object to a Ushort value.
	ToUShort(String)	Converts a string to a Ushort value.

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Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

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

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices Namespace