c# - Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'int'

Question

I keep getting the debug error "cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'int'" in C#.

Here is a snippet of my code:

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) //button to start takedown
        {
            byte[] packetData = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes("<Packet OF Data Here>");
            string IP = "127.0.0.1";
            int port = "80";

            IPEndPoint ep = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(IP), port);

            Socket client = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
            client.SendTo(packetData, ep);
        }

Answer 1

If possible:

int port = 80;

If you cannot have an int variable you will have to parse it:

int port = Int32.Parse("80");

e.g.

string a = "80";
int port = Int32.Parse(a);