IIF in vb.net acts weird.. or is it me

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From: "parez" <psawant@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 27 Feb 2006 13:58:53 -0800

Hi all,

why in the world would this fail ( throw an exception)

Dim str As String = ""

MsgBox(IIf(IsNumeric(str), Convert.ToInt32(str).ToString, str))

Why does it try to evaluate the true part when the condition is false.

Or am i missing something here.

Thanks in advance.

.

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