How to use Convert.ChangeType() when conversionType is decimal and input is "40.00"

Question

I mean, I want to convert this:

string a = "40.00"; Convert.ChangeType(a, typeof(decimal)) 

the result is a decimal value of "4000"

the problem is that the convert call is in a very abstract generic method in a xmlToObject Converter. I don't want to add programmatically lot's of different exceptions to convert correctly.

regards Chris

Answer 1

The decimal point might not be represented by the period character in your current culture.

In general, when performing culture-invariant conversions, it's best to specify CultureInfo.InvariantCulture as the IFormatProvider argument to the method:

(decimal) Convert.ChangeType(a, typeof(decimal), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);