Asp.net MVC accept formatted input?

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How is formatted user input typically handled in an MVC application? A user entering "1,000.00" for a number for example. I'm somewhat surprised the default ModelBinder does not pick up on this. Would this be the type of thing I would create my own ModelBinder for?

PanJanek · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-10 18:40:25Z

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I think that DefaultModelBinder use CultureInfo.CurrentCulture to parse numeric data.

answered Dec 10, 2009 at 18:40

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PanJanek Over a year ago

It depends on the CurrentCulture of your app. You can check it or chage it by changing the property System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture. For example: if the culture is en-US, then value like 9,876,543,210,987,654.3210 should be properly parsed to Double or Decimal value 9876543210987654.3210.

Mathias F Over a year ago

I think the value is not parsed. It is converted. (ValueProviderResult -> ConvertSimpleType in the MVC source). The last time I had some problems with decimal this realy made a difference. See TypeConverter Class in msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…

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