System Namespace   Convert Class

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Converts the specified String representation of a number to an equivalent Decimal number using the specified culture-specific formatting information.

[ VB ]
Overloads Public Shared Function ToDecimal ( _
   ByVal value As String, _
   ByVal provider As IFormatProvider _
) As Decimal

[ C# ]
public static decimal ToDecimal ( 
   string value,
   IFormatProvider provider
);

[ C++ ]
public: static Decimal ToDecimal ( 
   String* value,
   IFormatProvider* provider
);

[ JScript ]
public static function ToDecimal (
   value : String,
   provider : IFormatProvider
) : Decimal;

value

A String containing a number to convert.

provider

An IFormatProvider interface implementation that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

A Decimal number equivalent of value.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentException	value is a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).
FormatException	value does not consist of an optional sign followed by a sequence of digits ( zero through nine ) and an optional decimal point symbol.
OverflowException	value represents a number less than MinValue or greater than MaxValue.

The return value is the result of invoking the Decimal.Parse method on value.

provider is an IFormatProvider instance that obtains a NumberFormatInfo object. The NumberFormatInfo object provides culture-specific information about the format of value. If provider is a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ), the NumberFormatInfo for the current culture is used.

Convert Members   Convert.ToDecimal Overload List

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