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
<EmbeddedAttribute> _
Public Class Conversions

[EmbeddedAttribute]
public class Conversions

[EmbeddedAttribute]
public ref class Conversions

[<EmbeddedAttribute>]
type Conversions =  class end

public class Conversions

The Conversions type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetCultureInfo	Gets the current culture.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	IsHexOrOctValue(String, Int64%)	Determines whether the value is a hexadecimal or octal value.
	IsHexOrOctValue(String, UInt64%)	Determines whether the value is a hexadecimal or octal value.
	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.
	ToDouble(Object)	Converts an object to a Double value.
	ToDouble(String)	Converts a string to a Double value.
	ToHalfwidthNumbers
	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(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.
	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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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