CriteriaOperator.Parse(String, Object[]) Method

Converts the specified string, specifying an expression, to its CriteriaOperator equivalent.

Namespace: DevExpress.Data.Filtering

Assembly: DevExpress.Data.v14.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public static CriteriaOperator Parse(
    string criteria,
    params object[] parameters
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function Parse(
    criteria As String,
    ParamArray parameters As Object()
) As CriteriaOperator

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
criteria	String	A String value, that is the expression to convert.
parameters	Object[]	The values that are substituted into the expression in place of question mark characters. These parameters can be omitted.

Returns

Type	Description
CriteriaOperator	A CriteriaOperator equivalent to the expression contained in criteria.

Remarks

This example retrieves the orders from Spain with more than 40 units.

C#

xpCollection1.Filter = CriteriaOperator.Parse("[Country] = ? AND [Quantity] > ?", "Spain", 40);

VB.NET

XPCollection1.Filter = CriteriaOperator.Parse("[Country] = ? AND [Quantity] > ?", "Spain", 40)

The image below shows the result:

NOTE

The code example above uses positional parameters to format a criteria expression with values.