title: Using TryParse for Setting Object Property Values
body: <p>I'm currently refactoring code to replace Convert.To's to TryParse.</p>
  
  <p>I've come across the following bit of code which is creating and assigning a property to an object.</p>
  
  <pre><code>List&lt;Person&gt; list = new List&lt;Person&gt;();
  
  foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
  {
       var p = new Person{ RecordID = Convert.ToInt32(row["ContactID"]) };
  
       list.Add(p);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I've come up with as a replacement is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var p = new Person { RecordID = Int32.TryParse(row["ContactID"].ToString(), out RecordID) ? RecordID : RecordID };
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any thoughts, opinions, alternatives to what I've done?</p>