System Namespace   Convert Class

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Converts the value of a given Object to an equivalent Boolean value using the specified culture-specific formatting information.

[ VB ]
Overloads Public Shared Function ToBoolean ( _
   ByVal value As Object, _
   ByVal provider As IFormatProvider _
) As Boolean

[ C# ]
public static bool ToBoolean (
   object value,
   IFormatProvider provider
);

[ C++ ]
public: static bool ToBoolean (
   Object* value,
   IFormatProvider* provider
);

[ JScript ]
public static function ToBoolean (
   value : Object,
   provider : IFormatProvider
) : Boolean;

value

An Object that implements the IConvertible interface or a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).

provider

An IFormatProvider interface implementation that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

false if value equals a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).

-or-

true or false; the result of invoking the ToBoolean method for the underlying type of value.

Exception Type	Condition
InvalidCastException	value does not implement the IConvertible interface.

provider enables the user to specify culture-specific conversion information about the contents of value. For example, if value is a String that represents a number, provider could supply culture-specific information about the notation used to represent that number.

The base types ignore provider; however, it is honored if value is a user-defined type that implements the IConvertible interface.

Convert Members   Convert.ToBoolean Overload List   Object

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