float.Parse(str ing) xml localization issue

[SharpCoderMP]

i've run into some trouble using data from xml inside my app.
the scenario is simple. input data looks more or less like this:
<item>
<name>MyName</name>
<somefloat>11.5 </somefloat>
</item>

nothing special as you can see. there is a part of my code that converts
<somefloatval ue to float. for that i use float.Parse(str ing)... and i
end up with FrmatException. .. why? because framework is so smart that it
knows that my system locale number representation is "xxx,xx" not the
"xxx.xx" (coma instead of dot). well, great, but xml schema float
requires that "dot".

any ideas how to solve this riddle?

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

SharpCoderMP,

Call the overload that takes an IFormatProvider implementation, and then
pass the CultureInfo.Inv ariantCulture property. That should work.

Hope this helps.
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i've run into some trouble using data from xml inside my app.
the scenario is simple. input data looks more or less like this:
<item>
<name>MyName</name>
<somefloat>11.5 </somefloat>
</item>

nothing special as you can see. there is a part of my code that converts
<somefloatval ue to float. for that i use float.Parse(str ing)... and i
end up with FrmatException. .. why? because framework is so smart that it
knows that my system locale number representation is "xxx,xx" not the
"xxx.xx" (coma instead of dot). well, great, but xml schema float
requires that "dot".

any ideas how to solve this riddle?

[Ciaran O''Donnell]

Try:
float.Parse("11 .5",
System.Globaliz ation.CultureIn fo.InvariantCul ture.NumberForm at);

HTH

Ciaran O'Donnell

"SharpCoder MP" wrote:

i've run into some trouble using data from xml inside my app.
the scenario is simple. input data looks more or less like this:
<item>
<name>MyName</name>
<somefloat>11.5 </somefloat>
</item>

nothing special as you can see. there is a part of my code that converts
<somefloatval ue to float. for that i use float.Parse(str ing)... and i
end up with FrmatException. .. why? because framework is so smart that it
knows that my system locale number representation is "xxx,xx" not the
"xxx.xx" (coma instead of dot). well, great, but xml schema float
requires that "dot".

any ideas how to solve this riddle?

[Claes Bergefall]

Use the overload that takes an IFormatProvider and pass in
System.Globaliz ation.NumberFor matInfo.Invaria ntInfo. (And if you need to
handle dates use System.Globaliz ation.DateTimeF ormat.Invariant Info)

/claes

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i've run into some trouble using data from xml inside my app.
the scenario is simple. input data looks more or less like this:
<item>
<name>MyName</name>
<somefloat>11.5 </somefloat>
</item>

nothing special as you can see. there is a part of my code that converts
<somefloatval ue to float. for that i use float.Parse(str ing)... and i
end up with FrmatException. .. why? because framework is so smart that it
knows that my system locale number representation is "xxx,xx" not the
"xxx.xx" (coma instead of dot). well, great, but xml schema float
requires that "dot".

any ideas how to solve this riddle?