VB.Net Tutorial/Data Type/Convert from String
Convert string to value
<source lang="vbnet">Class Tester
Shared Sub Main() Dim userInput As String userInput = "4" Console.WriteLine(Val(userInput)) End Sub
End Class</source>
4
Is a string a numeric value
<source lang="vbnet">Class Tester
Shared Sub Main() Dim userInput As String userInput = " asdf " Console.WriteLine(IsNumeric(userInput) = False) End Sub
End Class</source>
True