How can I convert string which looks like this:
0005.47
to decimal value 5.47.
This value is kept in newStringArray[1] so I did this: Convert.ToDecimal(newStringArray[1])
But as a result I got this value : 547
What's the point here?
Converting string with many leading zeros to decimal
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1 Answers
Your globalization setting thinks that a point is not the decimal separator but the thousands separator
You need to pass the information about this to Convert.ToDecimal. It can be done passing the CultureInfo.InvariantCulture property to inform the converter to use the proper decimal symbol when converting.
string test = "0005.47";
decimal value = Convert.ToDecimal(test, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
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