What is the difference between Convert.ToBoolean(string) and Boolean.Parse(string)?

Question

What is the difference between the two methods

Convert.ToBoolean()

and

Boolean.Parse()?

Is there any reason to u

Answer 1

Boolean.Parse() will convert a string representation of a logical boolean value to a boolean value. Convert.ToBoolean() has multiple overloads that will convert primitive types to their boolean equivalent.

Most, if not all, of the primitive types in C# have an associated *.Parse/Convert.To* method that serve the same purpose as Boolean.Parse()/Convert.ToBoolean().