decimal.TryParse returns false

Question

The input string in textbox is, say, $10.00 . I call

decimal result;
var a = decimal.TryParse(text, NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol, cultureInfo, out result);

cultureInfo is known (en-US). Why does decimal.tryParse returns false?

Thank you.

Answer 1

The problem is you've allowed the currency symbol itself, but you've omitted other properties that are required to parse it correctly (decimal point, for example.) What you really want is NumberStyles.Currency:

decimal.TryParse("$10.00", NumberStyles.Currency, cultureInfo, out result);