Convert currency string to decimal?

Question

Objective

Sort a string that is displaying currency data like this $1,995.94 numerically in a set of data.

Code

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Answer 1

Here is a simpler solution:

    public static decimal ToDecimal(this string str)
    {
        return decimal.Parse(str, NumberStyles.Currency);
    }

and the unit test:

    [Test]
    public void ToDecimal_Convert_String_To_Decimal()
    {
        Assert.AreEqual(1234M, "1234".ToDecimal());
        Assert.AreEqual(-1234.56M, "$(1,234.56)".ToDecimal());
        Assert.AreEqual(1234.56M, "$1,234.56".ToDecimal());
    }