Difference between converting strings

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Difference between Convert.tostring() and .tostring()

Hi

Carrying on from this question What is the difference between Convert and Parse?

Here are two lines of code.

Convert.ToString(myObject);
myObject.ToString();

My question is what is the difference and which would be best to use?

Thank you in advance.

Neil Knight · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-28T08:53:38.840

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The basic difference between them is Convert function handles NULLs while i.ToString() does not. It will throw a NULL reference exception error. So, as good coding practice using Convert is always safe.

edited Feb 28 '13 at 08:53

answered Aug 17 '10 at 08:11

Neil Knight

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Just to clarify - Convert.ToString(null) would return null? – Ash Burlaczenko Aug 17 '10 at 08:27
@Ash, yes it returns null although one might reasonably expect it to return the empty string. – Paul Ruane Aug 17 '10 at 08:32

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '10 at 08:10

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myObject.ToString() could throw a NullReferenceException, where Convert.ToString will never do that.

answered Aug 17 '10 at 08:10

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