concatenate characters and convert to int
<p>i am using c# and i need some help in this...
i have 2 strings</p>

<pre><code>s1="1234"
s2="5678"
</code></pre>

<p>i want to create 2 integers so that they become equal to the 1st 2 characters and convert to int. ie</p>

<pre><code>int i1=12  12 is the 1st 2 characters from s1
int i2=56  56 is the 1st 2 characters from s2
</code></pre>
