Can .NET convert “Yes” & “No” to boolean without If?

Question

You would think there would be a way using DirectCast, TryCast, CType etc but all of them seem to choke on it e.g.:

CType(\"Yes\", Boolean)

Answer 1

C# 6+ version:

public static bool StringToBool(string value) => 
    value.Equals("yes",           StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) ||
    value.Equals(bool.TrueString, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) || 
    value.Equals("1");`