title: Parsing Performance (If, TryParse, Try-Catch)
body: <p>I know plenty about the different ways of handling parsing text for information. For parsing integers for example, what kind of performance can be expected. I am wondering if anyone knows of any good stats on this. I am looking for some real numbers from someone who has tested this.</p>
  
  <p>Which of these offers the best performance in which situations?</p>
  
  <pre><code>Parse(...)  // Crash if the case is extremely rare .0001%
  
  If (SomethingIsValid) // Check the value before parsing
      Parse(...)
  
  TryParse(...) // Using TryParse
  
  try
  {
      Parse(...)
  }
  catch
  {
      // Catch any thrown exceptions
  }
  </code></pre>