Gemstone Common Library
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# MassTryParse(String, Mass) Method

Converts the string representation of a number to its Mass equivalent. A return value indicates whether the conversion succeeded or failed.

## Definition

Namespace: Gemstone.Units
Assembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.165 -- Release Build+e14d337b173ad33e50be6747ce5b02f477f99484
C#
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    public static bool TryParse(
    	string s,
    	out Mass result
    )

VB
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    Public Shared Function TryParse (
    	s As String,
    	<OutAttribute> ByRef result As Mass
    ) As Boolean

C++
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    public:
    static bool TryParse(
    	String^ s,
    	[OutAttribute] Mass% result
    )

JavaScript
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    Gemstone.Units.Mass.TryParse = function(s, result);

#### Parameters

s String
  A string containing a number to convert.
result Mass
  When this method returns, contains the Mass value equivalent to the number contained in s, if the conversion succeeded, or zero if the conversion failed. The conversion fails if the s parameter is null, is not of the correct format, or represents a number less than MinValue or greater than MaxValue. This parameter is passed uninitialized.

#### Return Value

Boolean
true if s was converted successfully; otherwise, false.

## See Also

#### Reference

Mass Structure
TryParse Overload
Gemstone.Units Namespace