The s parameter contains a number of the form:

[ws][sign]digits[ws]

Elements in square brackets ([ and ]) are optional. The following table describes each element.

The s parameter is interpreted using the System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Integer style. In addition to the byte value's decimal digits, only leading and trailing spaces with a leading positive or negative sign are allowed. To explicitly define the style elements that can be present in s, use either the sbyte.Parse(string, System.Globalization.NumberStyles) or the sbyte.Parse(string, System.Globalization.NumberStyles, IFormatProvider) method.

The s parameter is parsed by using the formatting information in a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo that is initialized for the current system culture. For more information, see System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo. To parse a string by using the formatting information of some other culture, use the sbyte.Parse(string, System.Globalization.NumberStyles, IFormatProvider) method.

This example demonstrates the sbyte.Parse(string)(string) method.

using System;
public class SByteParseClass {
  public static void Main() {
    string str = "  100   ";
    Console.WriteLine("String: \"{0}\" <SByte> {1}",
                      str,SByte.Parse(str));
  }
}

The output is

String: " 100 " <SByte> 100