Parameters

value

The string to be converted. The string is in the System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Integer style.

provider

A object that implements the IFormatProvider interface and supplies a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo instance containing culture-specific formatting information.

Returns

value as a 64-bit unsigned integer.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	value is a null reference.
FormatException	value cannot be converted to a numeric value.
OverflowException	The numeric value of value is greater than ulong.MaxValue or less than ulong.MinValue.

Remarks

This method parses value using the information in the System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo instance supplied by provider. If provider is null or if a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo cannot be obtained from provider, the string is parsed using the formatting information of the current system culture.

This member is not CLS-compliant. For a CLS-compliant alternative, use Convert.ToDecimal(object)(long, IFormatProvider ).

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0