Class TypeConverter

Utility class for converting strings to various types.

Inheritance

object

TypeConverter

Namespace: AS2

Assembly: .dll

Syntax

public static class TypeConverter

Fields

floatsUseComma

Declaration

private static bool floatsUseComma

Field Value

Type	Description
bool

Methods

ConvertStringInStringThatCanBeConvertedToFloat(string)

We might want to deliver strings that are easily converted to floats by float.Parse(..) to other classes. This is the method for that.

Declaration

public static string ConvertStringInStringThatCanBeConvertedToFloat(string text)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	text	Text to convert to convertible text.

Returns

Type	Description
string	A modified string that can be parsed into a float value easily.

ConvertStringToFloat(string)

Depending on the local settings, there are multiple possibilities how to convert a string to float (, or . can be used). Here we try out all possible ways to convert until we find the right one. :)

Declaration

public static TypeConverter.ConversionResult ConvertStringToFloat(string text)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	text	Text to convert to float.

Returns

Type	Description
TypeConverter.ConversionResult	A TypeConverter.ConversionResult that represents the outcome of the conversion attempt.

ConvertStringToObjectOfType(Type, string)

Converts a string to an object of the given type. Supported types are bool, int, float, string and enum.

Declaration

public static object ConvertStringToObjectOfType(Type type, string text)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	type	The desired type.
string	text	The string that should be converted.

Returns

Type	Description
object	An object of the specified type, if possible, otherwise the original input string text.

FloatsUseCommaInsteadOfPoint()

Detects if the local settings use a comma for the conversion of float to string and string to float.

Declaration

public static bool FloatsUseCommaInsteadOfPoint()

Returns

Type	Description
bool	true if and only if the local settings use the comma ',' instead of the period '.' as decimal point.