NumberStyles and DateTimeStyles control how parsing works.
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Globalization;
class Sample
{
public static void Main()
{
int error = int.Parse("(2)"); // Exception thrown
int minusTwo = int.Parse("(2)", NumberStyles.Integer | NumberStyles.AllowParentheses); // OK
decimal fivePointTwo = decimal.Parse("$5.20", NumberStyles.Currency, CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-GB"));
}
}
The output:
Unhandled Exception: System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct f
ormat.
at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffe
r& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo in
fo)
at Sample.Main()