VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

Name

CType Function

Synopsis

CType(expression, typename)

expression required; any

The data item to be converted

typename required; Keyword

The data type, object type, structure, or interface to which expression is to be converted

Named Arguments

No

Return Value

expression cast as a typename interface, object, structure, or data type

Description

Converts an expression to the specified data type if possible; expression can be any data, object, structure, or interface type. typename can be any data type (such as Boolean, Byte, Decimal, Long, Short, String, etc.), structure type, object type, or interface that can be used with the As clause in a Dim statement. If the function fails, or if the converted value of expression is outside the range allowed by typename, an InvalidCastException exception occurs.