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

    public static bool GetBoolValue(string featureKeyValue)
    {
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(featureKeyValue))
        {
                    try 
                    {
                        bool value;
                        if (bool.TryParse(featureKeyValue, out value))
                        {
                            return value;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            return Convert.ToBoolean(Convert.ToInt32(featureKeyValue));
                        }
                    }
                    catch
                    {
                        return false;
                    }
         }
         else
         {
                  return false;
         }
   }

You can call it like following -:

GetBoolValue("TRUE") // true
GetBoolValue("1") // true
GetBoolValue("") // false
GetBoolValue(null) // false
GetBoolValue("randomString") // false