Converting into Object

Question

Can we convert a string into Rectangle Object? If possible how to do that? Thanks.

Ananth prasath · Answer

Hi Public Sub MeasureStringMin(e As PaintEventArgs) ' Set up string. Dim measureString As String = Measure String Dim stringFont As New Font(Arial 16) ' Measure string. Dim stringSize As New SizeF() stringSize = e.Graphics.MeasureString(measureString stringFont) ' Draw rectangle representing size of string. e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(New Pen(Color.Red 1) 0F 0F _ stringSize.Width stringSize.Height) ' Draw string to screen. e.Graphics.DrawString(measureString stringFont Brushes.Black _ New PointF(0 0)) End Sub With Best Regards Natarajan R (UI Designer) KAPSYSTEM (www.kapsystem.com)

Zoran Horvat · Answer

Jegatheesh In particular cases yes but then you must know exact format of the string and also it must be ensured that string format is not going to change in future. That is the reason why conversion from strings into objects is not recommended. For example rectangle can be converted to string and then back from string using this code: Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(1 2 3 4); string strRect = string.Format({0}{1}{2}{3} rect.X rect.Y rect.Width rect.Height); // strRect at this point equals 1234 string[] parts = strRect.Split(new char[] { '' }); int x = int.Parse(parts[0]); int y = int.Parse(parts[1]); int width = int.Parse(parts[2]); int height = int.Parse(parts[3]); Rectangle newRect = new Rectangle(x y width height); Point is that we have made both to string and from string conversions so we're in charge of it and can guarantee that format will be such that Rectangle instance can be recreated from given string. Zoran

Vulpes · Answer

You can if the string contains the X and Y coordinates of the Rectangle's upper left hand corner and its width and height in that order separated say by commas. string data = 50 50 200 100; string[] temp = data.Split(''); int[] args = new int[4]; for(int i = 0; i Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(args[0] args[1] args[2] args[3]);