Use System.Convert to convert string to Int16 : System Convert « Data Type « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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using System;

class MainClass
{
    public static void Main(string[] argv)
    {
      int a = System.Convert.ToInt16("1");
      int b = System.Convert.ToInt16("2");

    }
}