ConvertTo<T>
Converts an Array of arbitrary type to an array of type T. If a suitable converter cannot be found to do the conversion, a NotSupportedException is thrown.
Source
public static T[] ConvertTo<T>(this Array ar) {
T[] ret = new T[ar.Length];
System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter tc = System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(T));
if (tc.CanConvertFrom(ar.GetValue(0).GetType())) {
for (int i = 0; i < ar.Length; i++) {
ret[i] = (T) tc.ConvertFrom(ar.GetValue(i));
}
}
else {
tc = System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(ar.GetValue(0).GetType());
if (tc.CanConvertTo(typeof(T))) {
for (int i = 0; i < ar.Length; i++) {
ret[i] = (T) tc.ConvertTo(ar.GetValue(i), typeof(T));
}
}
else {
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
return ret;
}Example
int[] ipParts = Request.UserHostAddress.Split('.').ConvertTo<int>();