Mega Code Archive
Call TryParse with default values of style and provider
Imports System.Numerics
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization
Module Example
Public Sub Main()
Dim numericString As String
Dim number As BigInteger = BigInteger.Zero
numericString = " -300 "
If BigInteger.TryParse(numericString, NumberStyles.Integer,
Nothing, number) Then
Console.WriteLine("'{0}' was converted to {1}.",
numericString, number)
Else
Console.WriteLine("Conversion of '{0}' to a BigInteger failed.",
numericString)
End If
End Sub
End Module