Re: String to Integer Conversion

> I have a small program which has 2 variables(1 string
> variable and other an integer variable). I have to
> convert the value in the string variable to an integer
> and store it in the integer variable. Before
> converting it into an integer I want to check whether
> the string varibale contains valid numbers if so, I
> would go ahead and convert otherwise I have to store
> 0.

This should do the trick:

try
{
    val = Int32.Parse(str1)
}
catch(FormatException)
{
    val = 0;
}
catch(ArgumentNullException)
{
    val = 0;
}



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Steve Johnson
3t Systems

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