Checking if a variable is of data type double

Question

I need to check if a variable I have is of the data type double. This is what I tried:

try
{
    double price = Convert.ToDouble(txtPrice.Text);
}
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Answer 1

Use this:

double price;
bool isDouble = Double.TryParse(txtPrice.Text, out price);
if(isDouble) {
  // double here
}