C# Single Parse(String, IFormatProvider)

Description

Single Parse(String, IFormatProvider) converts the string representation of a number in a specified culture-specific format to its single-precision floating-point number equivalent.

Syntax

Single.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) has the following syntax.

public static float Parse(
  string s,
  IFormatProvider provider
)

Parameters

Single.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) has the following parameters.

• s - A string that contains a number to convert.
• provider - An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information about s.

Returns

Single.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) method returns A single-precision floating-point number equivalent to the numeric value or symbol specified in s.

Example

The following example uses Single.Parse(String, IFormatProvider) method.

using System.Globalization;
using System;/*  www .  j a  v  a  2  s  . c o m*/
public class MainClass
{
    public static void Main(String[] argv)
    {
        float number;
      

        // Convert user input from a string to a number 
        number = Single.Parse("123", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat);

    }
}

The code above generates the following result.