Parse a currency value with leading and trailing white space, and white space after the U.S. currency symbol. : float parse « Data Types « C# / C Sharp

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3. float parse

Parse a currency value with leading and trailing white space, and white space after the U.S. currency symbol.

 

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;

public class ParseString
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US");

      string value;
      NumberStyles styles;


      value = " $ 6,1.3299  ";
      styles = NumberStyles.Number | NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol;
      ShowNumericValue(value, styles);
   }

   private static void ShowNumericValue(string value, NumberStyles styles)
   {
      Single number;
      try
      {
         number = Single.Parse(value, styles);
         Console.WriteLine("Converted '{0}' using {1} to {2}.", value, styles.ToString(), number);
      }
      catch (FormatException)
      {
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to parse '{0}' with styles {1}.", value, styles.ToString());
      }
   }   
}

   
  

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