Question

I’ve found different help through this website but still can’t seem to convert a string to int. I’ve tried many different ways. Here are two of them. On button_click I need to read the textboxes and convert them to int so I can perform standard logic on them. (a > b functions). Below the first section is what I’m using to force the use of numbers during entry into the text boxes.

    private void write_button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
        int mat_od1 = int.Parse(matod_box.Text); //Input string in wrong format.
        int mat_id1 = int.Parse(matid_box.Text);
        int fod1 = int.Parse(fod_box.Text);
        int fid1 = int.Parse(fid_box.Text);
        int hp1 = int.Parse(hp_box.Text);

        //This next section is just to show something else I've tried.

        decimal mat_od = Convert.ToDecimal(matod_box.Text); //Same error.
        decimal mat_id = Convert.ToDecimal(matid_box.Text);
        decimal fod = Convert.ToDecimal(fod_box.Text);
        decimal fid = Convert.ToDecimal(fid_box.Text);
        decimal hp = Convert.ToDecimal(hp_box.Text);
        decimal pass_od = mat_od;

    }

       private void fod_box_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            int numinput = int.Parse(fod_box.Text);
            if (numinput < 1 || numinput > 500)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("You must enter a number between 0 and 500.");
            }
        }
        catch (FormatException)
        {

            MessageBox.Show("You need to enter a number.");
            fod_box.Clear();

        }

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

instead of int.Parse() you should use int.TryParse(string,out int)
this way you would be able to chek the output and decide wether the string was correctly parsed or not

int i;string s="";
if(int.TryParse(s,out i))
{
 //use i
}
else
{
//show error
}