using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
NumberFormatInfo nf = new NumberFormatInfo();
nf.NegativeSign = "~";
string[] values = { "-103", "+12", "~16", " 1", "~255" };
IFormatProvider[] providers = { nf, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture };
foreach (IFormatProvider provider in providers)
{
Console.WriteLine("Conversions using {0}:", ((object) provider).GetType().Name);
foreach (string value in values)
{
try {
Console.WriteLine(" Converted '{0}' to {1}.", value, SByte.Parse(value, provider));
}
catch (FormatException) {
Console.WriteLine(" Unable to parse '{0}'.", value);
}
catch (OverflowException) {
Console.WriteLine(" '{0}' is out of range of the SByte type.", value);
}
}
}
}
}