Single.Parse Method converts string in a style and culture-specific format to single-precision floating-point number
Imports System.Globalization
Module Example
Public Sub Main()
Dim values() As String = { " 987.654E-2", " 987,654E-2", _
"9.876.543,210", "98_76_54_32,19" }
Dim ci As New CultureInfo("")
ci.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSizes = New Integer() { 2 }
ci.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSeparator = "_"
Dim providers() As CultureInfo = { New CultureInfo("en-US"),New CultureInfo("nl-NL"), ci }
Dim styles() As NumberStyles = { NumberStyles.Currency, NumberStyles.Float }
For Each provider As CultureInfo In providers
Console.WriteLine("Parsing using the {0} culture:", If(provider.Name = String.Empty, "Invariant", provider.Name))
For Each value As String In values
For Each style As NumberStyles In styles
Try
Dim number As Single = Single.Parse(value, style, provider)
Console.WriteLine(" {0} ({1}) -> {2}", _
value, style, number)
Catch e As FormatException
Console.WriteLine(" '{0}' is invalid using {1}.", value, style)
Catch e As OverflowException
Console.WriteLine(" '{0}' is out of the range of a Single.", value)
End Try
Next
Next
Console.WriteLine()
Next
End Sub
End Module