Convert string with Exponential to short in CSharp

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using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class StringParsing
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string numericString;
      NumberStyles styles;


      numericString = "12E-01";
      styles = NumberStyles.Integer | NumberStyles.AllowExponent;
      CallTryParse(numericString, styles); 
    
   }

   private static void CallTryParse(string stringToConvert, NumberStyles styles)
   {
      Console.WriteLine(stringToConvert);
      short number;
      bool result = Int16.TryParse(stringToConvert, styles,CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out number);
      if (result)
         Console.WriteLine(stringToConvert, number);
      else
         Console.WriteLine("failed.");
   }
}