Convert class

[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

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

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.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

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.

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.