CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'int'

Question

User-539280341 posted

private string m_SortOrder;

public int SortOrder {
        get {
            return m_SortOrder; (error is here )
        }
        set {
            m_SortOrder = "value";
            if (!int.TryParse(m_SortOrder.ToString(), out value)) {
                m_SortOrder = "0";
            }

Answer 1

User-492460945 posted

Hi,

Since the return type of the method is int, you cannot return m_SortOrder.. instead return in a way

Convert.toInt32(m_SortOrder)

Answer 2

User1196771204 posted

hi Bari,

what rajesh suggested here is already correct. You just have to use Convert.toInt32(some_string_here) to convert a string-based number to an integer.

Likewise, you can use Convert.toDouble( ) or Convert.toDecimal( ), etc

Please mark this response as an "Answer" if it helps you. Thanks heaps! 

Answer 3

User-158764254 posted

i thing i'd just keep the Type of the backing var the same as the Type of the property:

private int m_sortOrder;
    public int SortOrder
    {
        get { return m_sortOrder;}
        set { m_sortOrder = value; }

    }

or drop the back var all-together:

public int SortOrder { get; set; }

Answer 4

User-1910946339 posted

Can you explain what you are trying to achieve?  For example, what do you want the code that uses the SortOrder property to look like?  Would it be something like

instance.SortOrder = 34; // What would this mean?  Or do you only want to allow a subset of values like +1 and -1?

or would it be something like

instance.SortOrder = "ascending";

instance.SortOrder = "descending";

or would you want to set the value with an enum?

instance.SortOrder = Ascending;

instance.SortOrder = Descending;

or maybe you want to pass integers as strings with error handling for invalid strings

instance.SortOrder = "12"; // This would return "12" on a subsequent get

instance.SortOrder = "five"; // This would return "0" on a subsequent get with no error or exception being thrown

How you intend to use the SortOrder property will determine how you need to define it.

The code you have shown is wrong in so many aspects that just correcting the line you have marked will not help you.  It is not possible for us to provide meaningful help unless you can specify what you are trying to achieve.