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Convert ToSingle (String) converts string to single-precision floating-point number
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Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim values() As String = { "-1,999.99999", "1AFF", "1e-35","999.99999", "1.99e999"}
Dim result As Single
For Each value As String In values
Try
result = Convert.ToSingle(value)
Console.WriteLine("Converted the {0} value '{1}' to the {2} value {3}.", _
value.GetType().Name, value, _
result.GetType().Name, result)
Catch e As FormatException
Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert '{0}' to a Single.", value)
Catch e As OverflowException
Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is outside the range of a Single.", value)
End Try
Next
End Sub
End Class
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