Parameters

value

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

provider

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

Returns

value as a 64-bit unsigned integer. [Edit]

Exceptions

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

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 ).

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Requirements

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