Input string was not in a correct format #2

Question

double temp;
temp = (double)Convert.ToDouble(\"1234.5678\");

Hey Lads and Ladies, I can\'t for the life of me figure out why the above line isn\'t

Answer 1

Check your regional settings. Your decimal symbol needs to be ".".

Answer 2

You may be somehow using a european local. In some countries the . and , in numbers is reversed.

Answer 3

Hi as Mario says you must parse it taking into account the regional settings.

double temp = double.Parse("1234.5678", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);

Regards.

Answer 4

I recommend you use TryParse instead, so you don't need to handle parsing exceptions.

double temp = 0;
if (double.TryParse("123.456", out temp)
{
    Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Parsed temp: {0}", temp);
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("Input value was not able to be parsed.");
}