String Extensions

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public static class StringExtensions
{
    private delegate bool TryParseDelegate<T>(string s, out T result);
 
    private static T To<T>(string value, TryParseDelegate<T> parse)
        => parse(value, out T result) ? result : default;
 
    public static int ToInt32(this string value)
        => To<int>(value, int.TryParse);
 
    public static DateTime ToDateTime(this string value)
        => To<DateTime>(value, DateTime.TryParse);
 
    public static IPAddress ToIPAddress(this string value)
        => To<IPAddress>(value, IPAddress.TryParse);
 
    public static TimeSpan ToTimeSpan(this string value)
        => To<TimeSpan>(value, TimeSpan.TryParse);
}