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Convert ToByte (String, Int32) converts string in a specified base to 8-bit unsigned integer
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Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim value As String = SByte.MinValue.ToString("X")
Try
Dim number As Byte = Convert.ToByte(value, 16)
Console.WriteLine("0x{0} converts to {1}.", value, number)
Catch e As OverflowException
Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert '0x{0}' to a byte.", value)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
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