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Convert ToByte (String) converts string to 8-bit unsigned integer
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Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim stringVal As String = "123"
Dim byteVal As Byte = 0
Try
byteVal = System.Convert.ToByte(stringVal)
System.Console.WriteLine("{0} as a byte is: {1}", _
stringVal, byteVal)
Catch exception As System.OverflowException
System.Console.WriteLine( _
"Overflow in string-to-byte conversion.")
Catch exception As System.FormatException
System.Console.WriteLine( _
"The String is not formatted as a Byte.")
Catch exception As System.ArgumentException
System.Console.WriteLine("The String is null.")
End Try
'The conversion from byte to string is always valid.
stringVal = System.Convert.ToString(byteVal)
System.Console.WriteLine("{0} as a string is {1}", _
byteVal, stringVal)
End Sub
End Class
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