C# – Input string was not in a correct format #2

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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 working. The above line gives me a runtime error that says;

An unhandled exception of type
System.FormatException occurred in
mscorlib.dll

Additional information: Input string
was not in a correct format.

Best Answer

As far as I know the Convert methods use the current locale to do such conversions. In this case I'd guess your current locale would expect a comma as decimal point. Try to set the current locale for your application or the conversion to some language/country where dots are used (e.g. en_US). The method should provide a second optional parameter to provide a IFormatProvider as an alternative solution.

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