System Namespace   Convert Class

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Converts the value of a given Object to an 8-bit signed integer.

This method is not CLS-compliant. For more information about CLS compliance, see What is the Common Language Specification.

[ VB ]
Overloads Public Shared Function ToSByte ( _
   ByVal value As Object _
) As SByte

[ C# ]
public static sbyte ToSByte ( 
   object value
);

[ C++ ]
public: static char ToSByte ( 
   Object* value
);

[ JScript ]
public static function ToSByte (
   value : Object
) : SByte;

value

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

The 8-bit signed integer equivalent of value, or zero if value is a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).

Exception Type	Condition
InvalidCastException	value does not implement IConvertible.

The return value is the result of invoking the IConvertible.ToSByte method of the underlying type of value.

Convert Members   Convert.ToSByte Overload List   Object

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