Convert class

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Alberto

why there isn't a Convert.ToFloat() method in the Convert class?
Sometimes I can't work with a float field because there isn't this method
and I need it to, for example, convert the input in a textBox to a float
field.

Thank you
 
Alberto,

You will have to use the ToSingle method on the Convert class. This is
the name for a float in the BCL. Float is an alias provided by C#.

Hope this helps.
 
Alberto said:
why there isn't a Convert.ToFloat() method in the Convert class?
Sometimes I can't work with a float field because there isn't this method
and I need it to, for example, convert the input in a textBox to a float
field.
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Because Float isn't the name of the type in question - Single is.
There's a Convert.ToSingle() method, just like there's
Convert.ToInt32() instead of Convert.ToInt().

The shorthand of "float" for System.Single is a C# notion, rather than
a .NET one.
 
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