Convert.ToBoolean fails with “0” value

Question

I\'m trying to convert the value \"0\" ( System.String ) to its Boolean representation, like:

var myValue = Convert.To         


        

Answer 1

If you know that it would be an int then you can convert it to int then to bool. Following will try for conversion to bool by attempting the string then attempting with number.

public bool ToBoolean(string value)
{
  var boolValue = false;
  if (bool.TryParse(value, out boolValue ))
  {
    return boolValue;
  }

  var number = 0;
  int.TryParse(value, out number))
  return Convert.ToBoolean(number);
}