How do I parse a string with a decimal point to a double?

Question

I want to parse a string like \"3.5\" to a double. However,

double.Parse(\"3.5\") 

yields 35 and

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Answer 1

I think it is the best answer:

public static double StringToDouble(string toDouble)
{
    toDouble = toDouble.Replace(",", "."); //Replace every comma with dot

    //Count dots in toDouble, and if there is more than one dot, throw an exception.
    //Value such as "123.123.123" can't be converted to double
    int dotCount = 0;
    foreach (char c in toDouble) if (c == '.') dotCount++; //Increments dotCount for each dot in toDouble
    if (dotCount > 1) throw new Exception(); //If in toDouble is more than one dot, it means that toCount is not a double

    string left = toDouble.Split('.')[0]; //Everything before the dot
    string right = toDouble.Split('.')[1]; //Everything after the dot

    int iLeft = int.Parse(left); //Convert strings to ints
    int iRight = int.Parse(right);

    //We must use Math.Pow() instead of ^
    double d = iLeft + (iRight * Math.Pow(10, -(right.Length)));
    return d;
}