System Namespace   Convert Class

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Converts the first character of a String to a Unicode character using specified culture-specific formatting information.

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

[ C# ]
public static char ToChar (
   string value,
   IFormatProvider provider
);

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

[ JScript ]
public static function ToChar (
   value : String,
   provider : IFormatProvider
) : Char;

value

A String of length 1 or a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).

provider

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

The Unicode character equivalent to the first and only character in value.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	value is a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).
FormatException	The length of value is not 1.

value must be a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ) or a String containing a single character.

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

Convert Members   Convert.ToChar Overload List

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