Question

What is wrong with this Anonymous Object Initialize syntax?

If (Not row Is Nothing) Then
    Dim info As New CultureInfo(Conversions.ToString(row.Item("cultureId"))) With { _
            .NumberFormat = New With {.CurrencySymbol = Conversions.ToString(row.Item("symbol")), _
                  .CurrencyGroupSeparator = Conversions.ToString(row.Item("thousSep")), _
                  .CurrencyDecimalSeparator = Conversions.ToString(row.Item("thousSep")), _
                  .CurrencyDecimalDigits = Conversions.ToInteger(row.Item("decimals")), _
                  .NumberGroupSeparator = Conversions.ToString(row.Item("thousSep")), _
                  .NumberDecimalSeparator = Conversions.ToString(row.Item("thousSep")), _
                  .NumberDecimalDigits = Conversions.ToInteger(row.Item("decimals"))}}}
    hashtable.Add(key, info)
End If

It is a syntax error or object initialization type casting issue.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You’re trying to set the NumberFormat of the CultureInfo to an anonymous type instance. CultureInfo.NumberFormat is of type NumberFormatInfo. So you need to write:

Dim info As New CultureInfo(...) With { _
  .NumberFormat = New NumberFormatInfo With { ... } _
}                   ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^