Parse string in hexadecimal number to byte in CSharp

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using System;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {

        string string2 = "A1";
        try {
           byte byte2 = Byte.Parse(string2, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
           Console.WriteLine(byte2);
        }
        catch (OverflowException) {
           Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is out of range of a byte.", string2);
        }
        catch (FormatException) {
           Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is out of range of a byte.", string2);
        }
    }
}