Question

i have an access database with a price column as text type i want to convert it to double to do some comparisons the problem is the column has values that looks like the following:

5.22
2.5$
62.5
34.6$
45.3
65.9$

so Convert.ToDouble is working fine with the values that does not contain the “$” sign so how can i remove the $ sign from the text before converting it to double?

so basicly the idea is

check if there is “$”

remove “$” from text

covert to double…

also it would be better to delete anything from the number except the decimal point

Answer 1

You can use String.Replace. No need to check for “$”. If it is there, it will be replaced.

    Dim value1 As String = "12.7$"
    Dim value2 As String = value1.Replace("$", "")
    MessageBox.Show(value2)