Try to parse string in currency format and symbol to double with en-GB culture in CSharp

Description

The following code shows how to try to parse string in currency format and symbol to double with en-GB culture.

Example


using System;// w w w .java 2s.com
using System.Globalization;


class MainClass
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string value;
        NumberStyles style;
        CultureInfo culture;
        double number;


        value = "$1,234.56";
        style = NumberStyles.Number | NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol;
        culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-GB");
        if (Double.TryParse(value, style, culture, out number))
            Console.WriteLine("Converted '{0}' to {1}.", value, number);
        else
            Console.WriteLine("Unable to convert '{0}'.", value);

    }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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