Why do I get a FormatException when converting a string to a float?

Question

When I try to convert a string to float:

Console.WriteLine(float.Parse(\"6.59\"));

it throws an exception:

Unhandled Exc

Answer 1

The problem here is your culture.

Either set the invariant culture like this:

float.Parse("6.59", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

or use the correct decimal separator for your culture

float.Parse("6,59")

I wonder why you are using a literal string. If you are having problems entering literal floats, you can use

Console.WriteLine(6.59f)

If you do it this way culture doesn't matter because the value is decided at compile time.