C# Decimal Parse(String, IFormatProvider)

Description

Decimal Parse(String, IFormatProvider) converts the string representation of a number to its Decimal equivalent using the specified culture-specific format information.

Syntax

Decimal.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) has the following syntax.

public static decimal Parse(
  string s,
  IFormatProvider provider
)

Parameters

Decimal.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) has the following parameters.

• s - The string representation of the number to convert.
• provider - An IFormatProvider that supplies culture-specific parsing information about s.

Returns

Decimal.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) method returns The Decimal number equivalent to the number contained in s as specified by provider.

Example

The following code shows how to use Decimal.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) method.

using System;/*from   ww w . j  av a 2s  .co  m*/
using System.Globalization;

public class MainClass
{
    public static void Main(String[] argv)
    {
        decimal number;


        number = Decimal.Parse("123", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat);
        System.Console.WriteLine(number);
    }
}
    

The code above generates the following result.