VS 2019/2022 Decimal Conversion issue

Question

I'm having an strange issue converting any string value to decimal:

string strvar = "12.67";

decimal decvar = Convert.ToDecimal(strvar);

In the above example VS 2019/2022 returns 1267 instead of 12.67.
So, basically is ignoring the decimals.

I do have VS 2019/2022 installed at home and work.

At work the conversion works fine but at home does not.
Something happened and I scanned my PC for virus, malware, etc.
Also I uninstalled/reinstalling VS and I still having the same issue.

I even tried this approach with no luck:
decimal value = decimal.Parse(s, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

The thing is at home worked fine before and then suddenly something changed and I'm having that issue.

I would sincerely appreciate any advice!

Thanks,
Hector

Answer 1

Is '.' the decimal point character in your regional settings?
If your string will always have a '.' decimal point, see if using one of the ToDecimal variants that allow you to provide an invariant culture works.

Answer 2

HI

Try in this way.

string strvar = "12.67";  
double d = Double.Parse(Regex.Replace(strvar,"[.,]",separator));  

This is because of culture issue.

Alternatively,

string strvar = "12.67";  
double input = Convert.ToDouble(strvar,CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);  

Answer 3

David and Anna,

Thank you for your replies and suggestions. I think like you mentioned the region settings changed in my home computer.

Yesterday I was able to fix the issue adding the CultureInfo.InvariantCulture in my variables/conversions.
Without it the val1 was 167 and also doing the decimal conversion the "1.67" became "1,67":

        string val1 = "1.67";  

        decimal dec = Convert.ToDecimal(val1, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);  

        string[] sOrb = dec.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).Split(new char[] { '.' });  

        string Orb = "";  

        if (sOrb[1].Length == 1)  
        {  
            Orb = sOrb[0] + "." + "0" + sOrb[1];  
        }  


        else  
        {  
            Orb = dec.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);  
        }  

I will look for the region settings this evening after work.

Best Regards,
Hector

Answer 4

Hi,

You can follow this thread.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37461888/decimal-point-ignored-in-convert-todouble