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Convert ToByte (Single) converts floating-point number to 8-bit unsigned integer
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Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim byteVal As Byte = 123
Dim singleVal As Single
' Byte to float conversion will not overflow.
singleVal = System.Convert.ToSingle(byteVal)
System.Console.WriteLine("The byte as a single is {0}.", _
singleVal)
' Single to byte conversion can overflow.
Try
byteVal = System.Convert.ToByte(singleVal)
System.Console.WriteLine("The single as a byte is {0}.", _
byteVal)
Catch exception As System.OverflowException
System.Console.WriteLine( _
"Overflow in single-to-byte conversion.")
End Try
End Sub
End Class
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