CommonTypeConvertToString(Object, CultureInfo, Boolean) Method

public static string TypeConvertToString(
	Object? value,
	CultureInfo? culture,
	bool throwOnFail = false
)

Public Shared Function TypeConvertToString ( 
	value As Object,
	culture As CultureInfo,
	Optional throwOnFail As Boolean = false
) As String

public:
static String^ TypeConvertToString(
	Object^ value, 
	CultureInfo^ culture, 
	bool throwOnFail = false
)

Gemstone.Common.TypeConvertToString = function(value, culture, throwOnFail);

Parameters

value  Object

Value to convert to a String.

culture  CultureInfo

CultureInfo to use for the conversion.

throwOnFail  Boolean  (Optional)

Set to true to throw exception if conversion fails; otherwise, false to fall back on .ToString().

Return Value

If TypeConverter fails, the value's ToString() value will be returned. Returned value will never be null, if no value exists an empty string ("") will be returned.

You can use the ConvertToTypeT(String, CultureInfo) string extension method or [!:TypeConvertFromString(string, Type, CultureInfo)] to convert the string back to its original Type.

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