Imports System.Numerics
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization
Module Example
Public Sub Main()
Dim numericString As String
Dim number As BigInteger = BigInteger.Zero
numericString = "FFFFFFFFFF"
If BigInteger.TryParse(numericString,
NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier,
Nothing, number) Then
Console.WriteLine("'{0}' was converted to {1} (0x{1:x}).",
numericString, number)
Else
Console.WriteLine("Conversion of '{0}' to a BigInteger failed.",
numericString)
End If
End Sub
End Module