What is the difference between Convert.ToInt32 and (int)?

Question

The following code throws an compile-time error like

Cannot convert type \'string\' to \'int\'

string name = Session[\"name1\"].ToString();
int i = (         


        

Answer 1

Convert.ToInt32

    return int.Parse(value, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);

but (int) is type cast, so (int)"2" will not work since you cannot cast string to int. but you can parse it like Convert.ToInt32 do