Question

I have an application that generates a lengthy Xml output file which contains many many numbers in a non-english format, i.e. thousands delimiter is ‘.’ and decimal delimiter is ‘,’. However, to further process this Xml file, I need all the number values to be in english format (basically, swap the two delimiters). What is the simplest way to achieve this in C#?

Answer 1

The simplest solution might be to take the number as a string and then parse it using the non-English locale into a double. This should convert the value (for example):

style = NumberStyles.Number | NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol;
culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("fr-FR");
if (Double.TryParse(value, style, culture, out number))
   Console.WriteLine("Converted '{0}' to {1}.", value, number);
else
   Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert '{0}'.", value);

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