Convert.ToUInt32 (Object) converts object to a 32-bit unsigned integer.
Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim values() As Object = { True, -12, 163, 935, "x"c, #5/12/2009#, _ "104", "103.0", "-1", _ "1.00e2", "One", 1.00e2, 16.3e42} Dim result As UInteger For Each value As Object In values Try result = Convert.ToUInt32(value) Console.WriteLine(result) Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine("Exception") End Try Next End Sub End Class