String to float in c#?

float.Parse might help you.

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Original post by mits Is there a way to convert a string which represents a float number to a float data type or should I have to write a custom function for that? I want to avoid the trouble. Thanks.

You may want to use TryParse() instead, if this is .NET 2.0. If you can't absolutely 100% guarantee that the string is a float, use TryParse. Otherwise, Parse() will throw an exception.

hope that helps,

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Original post by kSquared You may want to use TryParse() instead, if this is .NET 2.0.

Double.TryParse was supported even in 1.x. He could always use that and cast afterwards.

Sorry if this looks like I'm hijacking your thread.

I'm currently still learning C#, and in many occasions I have had to convert a string to a float. In most occasions though, I use:



Is that an incorrect way of doing it?

Would that convert it into a single instead of a float? I would say you are best off usinig float.Parse().

Mind you, I have limited experience with these things as well.

single and float are the same thing, I believe - VB calls floats singles (or vice versa), and whoever coded Convert used that name. To answer the question, it should work fine, but I think it may throw an exception if the string isn't convertible, so watch out for that. It's likely that internally the parse methods use the convert class.

Let me take a look at the il :)

Edit: according to the IL it actually uses system.Number to do the parsing. Anyway, what you're doing is fine.

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Original post by alexmoura VB calls floats singles (or vice versa), and whoever coded Convert used that name.

No, that's not the reason. Single is the CLR type name. The base class library needs to be language agnostic, so it makes sense to use the CLR name rather than a C# specific one.

Note that the CLR names can also be used in C#, so the following is valid C#:

Single f = Single.Parse(str);

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It's likely that internally the parse methods use the convert class.

It's the other way around. Convert.ToSingle calls Single.Parse.