Question

I have got a problem with XmlWriter during save for example: 0.000036 value. During serialize it’s convert to 3.6E-05 value. I don’t know why!

If someone knows how solve this problem I will be greatful.
Below it’s sample of my code:

XDocument doc = new XDocument();

using (XmlWriter writer = doc.CreateWriter()) {
    xs.Serialize(writer,o);   
}

XElement xElement = doc.Root;

return xElement;

Answer 1

Well XmlWriter converts strongly typed data to string.

If you try

var val = 0.000036;
var stringval = val.ToString();

you will get

"3.6E-05"

if you try then

var doubleVal = Convert.ToDouble(stringval);

you will get

0.000036 again.

So basically, it’s just the string representation of the value.

By the way, you can also declare a double as

var myDouble = 3.6E-05;