Best way to parse float?

Question

What is the best way to parse a float in CSharp? I know about TryParse, but what I\'m particularly wondering about is dots, commas etc.

I\'m having problems with my

Answer 1

You could always use the overload of Parse which includes the culture to use?

For instance:

double number = Double.Parse("42,22", new CultureInfo("nl-NL").NumberFormat); // dutch number formatting

If you have control over all your data, you should use "CultureInfo.InvariantCulture" in all of your code.