Convert “1.79769313486232E+308” to double without OverflowException?

Question

I have this string \"1.79769313486232E+308\" and am trying to convert it to a .NET numeric value (double?) but am getting the below exception. I am using Convert.ToDo

Answer 1

Demonstrates the issue and a solution:

var s = double.MaxValue.ToString();
double d;
if (!double.TryParse(s, out d)) {
    d = s.Equals(double.MaxValue) ? double.MaxValue : double.MinValue;
}