System Namespace   Convert Class

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Converts the specified String representation of a logical value to its Boolean equivalent using the specified culture-specific formatting information.

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

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

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

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

value

A string that contains the value of either TrueString or FalseString.

provider

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

true if value equals TrueString, or false if value equals FalseString.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	value is a null reference.
FormatException	value is not equal to TrueString or FalseString

provider is ignored; it does not participate in this operation.

Convert Members   Convert.ToBoolean Overload List   String

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