how to convert this

[Praveen]

got a string a="2.3944864845405107E+18"

how to convert this into a valid number. which method to use..
I was using Convert.ToInt64(a); which is going to exception.


thanks
Praveen

 

[Peter Morris]

try decimal.Parse() instead

 

[Peter Morris]

got a string a="2.3944864845405107E+18"

Secondly: Converting a string to a double is language dependent, - in
German, Norwegian and French as an example the expected decimal
separator is a comma ',', instead of a period (.).

I'm curious as to what will happen if you try converting this on a German
locale as it is a number in standard form and and wonder if it is an
exception or not. Could you try?

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

I'm curious as to what will happen if you try converting this on a German
locale as it is a number in standard form and and wonder if it is an
exception or not. Could you try?

You can try it yourself just specifying a german culture as second
argument.

Arne