Question

I’m trying to convert a string to a double value but it’s not returning me what I expect…

double dbl; Double.TryParse('20.0', out dbl); 

That piece of code is returning 200.0 (instead of 20.0) as a double value. Any idea why?

Answer 1

You should pass InvariantCulture to the method.

The reason behind this is that your regional settings probably set . as separator character and not decimal point.

double.TryParse('20.0', NumberStyles.Any,                  CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out x);