(float)Convert.ToDouble c#.net c# 2003/2005

[trondhuso]

Hi group,

I've found some code that I want to use in a project that I am working
on, but the code is for c# .net and not 2003 or 2005 that I have
available.
In this code the program yells on (float)Convert.ToDouble(xml.value)
(which in this case is "8.25").
I am wondering if someone could tell me how the command is changed in
2003 or 2005 as it stops here.

best

Trond

 

[trondhuso]

Hi group,

I've found some code that I want to use in a project that I am working
on, but the code is for c# .net and not 2003 or 2005 that I have
available.
In this code the program yells on (float)Convert.ToDouble(xml.value)
(which in this case is "8.25").
I am wondering if someone could tell me how the command is changed in
2003 or 2005 as it stops here.

best

Trond

I actually found the solution right after this posting. the reason is
that I am in a country where we use comma as a decimal separator, so I
had to change it.
the changes are:
System.Globalization.CultureInfo enUSCulture = new
System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
(float)Convert.ToDouble(xml.Value, enUSCulture);

 

[Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]]

I actually found the solution right after this posting. the reason is
that I am in a country where we use comma as a decimal separator, so I
had to change it.
the changes are:
System.Globalization.CultureInfo enUSCulture = new
System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
(float)Convert.ToDouble(xml.Value, enUSCulture);

You probably wanted the InvariantCulture if your data has a common,
international format.

Also, you might want to look into float.Parse or float.TryParse instead of
the Convert class.