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DistanceFromFractionalFeetAndInchesString Method (String, IFormatProvider, DistanceUnitType)

Creates a distance from a string representation of fractional feet and inches.

Namespace: Tekla.Structures.Datatype
Assembly: Tekla.Structures.Datatype (in Tekla.Structures.Datatype.dll) Version: 2023.0.1

Syntax

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public static Distance FromFractionalFeetAndInchesString(
	string text,
	IFormatProvider formatProvider,
	DistanceUnitType unitType
)

Public Shared Function FromFractionalFeetAndInchesString ( 
	text As String,
	formatProvider As IFormatProvider,
	unitType As DistanceUnitType
) As Distance

Parameters

text: Type: SystemString
The distance string.
formatProvider: Type: SystemIFormatProvider
The number format provider.
unitType: Type: Tekla.Structures.DatatypeDistanceUnitType
The unit type of the distance to parse.

Return Value

Type: Distance
The representation of the specified distance.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
FormatException	Thrown if the text does not represent a distance.

Examples

This example shows how to specify a format provider and a unit type when parsing a Distance instance from a fractional string representation of feet and inches.

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using Tekla.Structures.Datatype;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
       public void Example1()
       {
           Distance distance = Distance.FromFractionalFeetAndInchesString("3' 3/4", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, Distance.UnitType.Inch);
       }
}

Reference

Distance Structure

FromFractionalFeetAndInchesString Overload

Tekla.Structures.Datatype Namespace

API Reference

DistanceAddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LST2D6F39C1_0?cpp=::|nu=.");FromFractionalFeetAndInchesString Method (String, IFormatProvider, DistanceAddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LST2D6F39C1_1?cpp=::|nu=.");UnitType)

Parameters

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Reference

DistanceFromFractionalFeetAndInchesString Method (String, IFormatProvider, DistanceUnitType)