Question

I have data from a table in a database (string) that contain text and price. I extract the price from the data but my problem is that sometime I can Convert it to float and sometime not.

I have noticed that :

Convert.ToSingle(m.Groups[1].Value); 

It works but not always because sometime the period is the problem (it requires a comma). What can I do? I have try to replace the ‘.’, by ‘,’ but sometime on other PC it’s a period that it’s required!

Answer 1

You have this problem because the conversion check the language of your PC. You will need to do something like :

Convert.ToSingle(m.Groups[1].Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat); 

This ways, it won’t check the language of the PC. You can find more information about InvariantCulture from MSDN. I have something similar in a project and my conversion works.