Parse a Number from Exponential Notation

The default NumberStyle for decimal.Parse(String) is NumberStyles.Number, so if you just want to add the functionality to allow exponents, then you can do a bitwise OR to include NumberStyles.AllowExponent.

decimal d = decimal
    .Parse("1.2345E-02", NumberStyles.Number | NumberStyles.AllowExponent);

You don't need to replace the dots (respectively the commas) just specify the input IFormatProvider:

float d = Single.Parse("1.27315", System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Float, new CultureInfo("en-US"));
float d = Single.Parse("1,27315", System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Float, new CultureInfo("de-DE"));

If you want to check and convert the exponent value use this

string val = "1.2345E-02";
double dummy;
bool hasExponential = (val.Contains("E") || val.Contains("e")) && double.TryParse(val, out dummy);
if (hasExponential)
{
    decimal d = decimal.Parse(val, NumberStyles.Float);
}

Hope this helps someone.