Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.Globalization
Module MainClass1
Sub Main()
Dim value As String
Dim number As Decimal
Dim style As NumberStyles
Dim provider As CultureInfo
value = "999 888,12"
style = NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint Or NumberStyles.AllowThousands
provider = New CultureInfo("fr-FR")
number = Decimal.Parse(value, style, provider)
Console.WriteLine("'{0}' converted to {1}.", value, number)
Try
number = Decimal.Parse(value, style, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
Console.WriteLine("'{0}' converted to {1}.", value, number)
Catch e As FormatException
Console.WriteLine("Unable to parse '{0}'.", value)
End Try
End Sub
End Module