I can't get my application to convert a string into a float:
float number = float.Parse(match);
Where match is "0.791794".
Why doesn't this work? The error I get is "Input string was not in a correct format.", but I can't understand what's wrong with it.
Try passing a culture object (i.e. InvariantCulture, if this is system-stored data and the format won't ever be different) to the overload that accepts one; your current culture may be set to something that expects a comma as the separator instead of a period (or similar).
You could also try
string x = (0.791794f).ToString()
just to see what it prints out.
Checking CultureInfo.CurrentCulture might be instructive as well.
(Also, sanity check -- I assume those quotes are from you, and not part of the string value themselves?)
, as decimal-seperator, and therefore it wouldn't work with the . in match.
CurrentCulture property, not CurrentUICulture. CurrentUICulture is related to how a resource manager loads resources (such as strings from resource files). CurrentCulture affects date- and number formats.Are you sure match is a string type? You may need to typecast it.
match is a string, yes. I have string match = someOtherString;Seems to work fine in 2008
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var match = "0.791794";
float number = float.Parse(match);
Console.Out.Write(number);
}
You migth try restarting vs. Hope that helps
