TryParse with HexNumber returning wrong value

[Greg Wilkerson]

Ok, Someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. The statement below is
returning 527.0 in v, instead of the expected 215. Am I missing
something?

double v;

if (Double.TryParse("0d7", NumberStyles.HexNumber,
NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo, out v))
{
......
}

Thanks,

Greg

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

Greg,

It's not returning anything for me, actually, it throws an exception.
In .NET 2.0, you can not use the hex modifier on floating point values.

If you are using .NET 2.0, then I would recommend using the TryParse
method on the Int32 structure. If not, then I would call the Parse method,
and catch the exception.

Then I would convert the int to a double through a cast.

Hope this helps.
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- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Greg Wilkerson" <gr***********@charter.net> wrote in message
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Ok, Someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. The statement below is
returning 527.0 in v, instead of the expected 215. Am I missing
something?

double v;

if (Double.TryParse("0d7", NumberStyles.HexNumber,
NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo, out v))
{
......
}

Thanks,

Greg

[Greg Wilkerson]

That's interesting. I thought I was on .NET 2.0. I'll have to
upgrade that. Did you get it to work properly using the Int32
structure, or did you try? I'll get my .NET upgraded and try the
Int32.

Thanks.

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:21:27 -0500, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote:

Greg,

It's not returning anything for me, actually, it throws an exception.
In .NET 2.0, you can not use the hex modifier on floating point values.

If you are using .NET 2.0, then I would recommend using the TryParse
method on the Int32 structure. If not, then I would call the Parse method,
and catch the exception.

Then I would convert the int to a double through a cast.

Hope this helps.

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

Greg,

It worked fine when I ran this using the TryParse method on Int32.
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- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Greg Wilkerson" <gr***********@charter.net> wrote in message
news:2b********************************@4ax.com...

That's interesting. I thought I was on .NET 2.0. I'll have to
upgrade that. Did you get it to work properly using the Int32
structure, or did you try? I'll get my .NET upgraded and try the
Int32.

Thanks.

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:21:27 -0500, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote:

Greg,

It's not returning anything for me, actually, it throws an exception.
In .NET 2.0, you can not use the hex modifier on floating point values.

If you are using .NET 2.0, then I would recommend using the TryParse
method on the Int32 structure. If not, then I would call the Parse
method,
and catch the exception.

Then I would convert the int to a double through a cast.

Hope this helps.

[Greg Wilkerson]

Well, I thought there was a reason I had not upgraded to .NET 2.0; VS
2003 won't use it.

So, I'll just catch a parse exception. Th'at's probably all the
TryParse does, anyway.

On a side note, I did think it was odd to provide a hex conversion for
a double.

Thanks for you help.

Greg

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:41:43 -0500, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote:

Greg,

It worked fine when I ran this using the TryParse method on Int32.

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

Greg,

Actually, the TryParse does not just catch the exception. The whole
point of the TryParse method is to reduce the overhead involved with having
to catch an exception if the string can not be parsed.
--
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- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Greg Wilkerson" <gr***********@charter.net> wrote in message
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Well, I thought there was a reason I had not upgraded to .NET 2.0; VS
2003 won't use it.

So, I'll just catch a parse exception. Th'at's probably all the
TryParse does, anyway.

On a side note, I did think it was odd to provide a hex conversion for
a double.

Thanks for you help.

Greg

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:41:43 -0500, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]"
<mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote:

Greg,

It worked fine when I ran this using the TryParse method on Int32.