Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Threading
Module ParseStrings
Public Sub Main()
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US")
Dim value As String
Dim styles As NumberStyles
styles = NumberStyles.AllowParentheses Or NumberStyles.AllowTrailingSign Or NumberStyles.Float Or NumberStyles.AllowThousands
ShowNumericValue(value, styles)
End Sub
Private Sub ShowNumericValue(value As String, styles As NumberStyles)
Dim number As Single
Try
number = Single.Parse(value, styles)
Console.WriteLine("Converted '{0}' using {1} to {2}.",value, styles.ToString(), number)
Catch e As FormatException
Console.WriteLine("Unable to parse '{0}' with styles {1}.",value, styles.ToString())
End Try
End Sub
End Module