Converting time

Question

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me out with an application I am working on. I am trying to retrieve data from a text file and show it on a second form. i am having issues converting strings to classes. when i run it i get an exception to parse the
string totake the date before putting each variable into the datetime object.
Here is my code so far:
  private void CreateEventList()
         CommnunityEvents = new List<Community_Event>();
         // call the extract Data method.
         ExtractData();
         if (CommnunityEvents.Count > 0)
            //if there are no events for the date selected display the following
            eventComboBox.Text = " -Events- ";
            descriptionTextBox.Text = "Pick an event";
         else
            //if there are no events for the date selected display the following
            eventComboBox.Text = " No Events ";
            descriptionTextBox.Text = "No events today.";
      // Create Method ExtractData
      private void ExtractData()
         CommnunityEvents.Clear();
         // load the data from the file
         List<Community_Event> tempList = new List<Community_Event>();
         //string[] fileLines = File.ReadLines(@"C:\Users\IAN\Documents\calendar.txt");
         foreach(string line in File.ReadAllLines("Calendar.txt"))
            string[] items = line.Split(",".ToCharArray());
               Community_Event newEvent = new Community_Event();
               newEvent.Day = Convert.ToInt32(items[0]);//Converting the Integer to a string.
               newEvent.Time = items[1];
               newEvent.Price = Convert.ToInt32(items[2]);//Converting the decimal to a string.
               newEvent.Event = items[3];
               newEvent.Description = items[4];
         CommnunityEvents = (from ev in tempList
                                      where ev.Day == 1
                                      select ev).ToList();

Answer 1

The Convert.ToInt32 methods converts the string to an int. You should use the Convert.ToDecimal to convert it to a decimal:
newEvent.Price = Convert.ToDecimal(items[2]);//Converting the decimal to a string.
Of course items[2] must contain a value that can actually be converted to a string for this to work. Alsom the Price property of the newEvent should be a decimal. Otherwise you also have the Convert.ToDouble method for example.
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