c# - Elegant TryParse

Question

I feel that every time I use TryParse that it results in somewhat ugly code. Mainly I am using it this way:

int value;
if (!int.TryParse(someStringValue, out value))
{
    value = 0;
}

Is there some more elegant solution for parsing all basic data types, to be specific is there a way to do fail safe parsing in one line? By fail safe I assume setting default value if parsing fails without exception.

By the way, this is for cases where I must do some action even if parsing fails, just using the default value.

Answer 1

This is valid and you may prefer it if you have a liking for single-liners:

int i = int.TryParse(s, out i) ? i : 42;

This sets the value of i to 42 if it cannot parse the string s, otherwise it sets i = i.