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ElementId.TryParse

Public Class

Parse the string representation of the id into a corresponding ElementId.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB

Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public static bool TryParse(
  string idStr,
  out ElementId id
)

Parameters

idStrString

The string representation of the id to return.

id ElementId.

Out parameter set to the ElementId represented by the string.

Return Value

Boolean
true if the string was successfully parsed into an ElementId, false otherwise.

Remarks

If the string represents [!:Autodesk::Revit::DB::Element::InvalidElementId] the id will contain it upon return. If the parse fails, the id will be undefined.