String to decimal parsing C#

Question

I am trying to parse or convert a string to decimal in C#.

I need to be able to parse strings like,

$123,345,676.8999 to its equivalent 123345676.90.

Answer 1

You can use decimal.TryParse to perform the parsing -- the link has some samples on how the parsing works.

Answer 2

Very simple answer: use Decimal.Parse()

Answer 3

Try this:

var val = double.Parse("$123,345,676.8999", NumberStyles.AllowThousands | NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint | NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol);
val = Math.Round(val, 2);