Handling Multiple Culture Formats in C# 11 Without Losing Precision in Decimal Values
This might be a silly question, but I tried several approaches but none seem to work... I'm working with an scenario when trying to parse decimal values from strings that are formatted according to different cultures in C# 11. The main question arises when the decimal separator differs from the current culture, leading to unexpected values. For instance, I receive a string `"1.234,56"` which is formatted in a German culture but my current culture is set to en-US. I've tried using `CultureInfo` to specify the culture during parsing, but I seem to lose precision when converting. Here's my code snippet: ```csharp using System; using System.Globalization; class Program { static void Main() { string germanDecimal = "1.234,56"; var germanCulture = new CultureInfo("de-DE"); decimal value; try { value = decimal.Parse(germanDecimal, germanCulture); Console.WriteLine(value); } catch (FormatException ex) { Console.WriteLine($"Format Exception: {ex.Message}"); } } } ``` When I run this code, I expect to get `1234.56` in the decimal format, but instead, I get a `FormatException`. I’ve confirmed that the string is correctly formatted for the specified culture. I've also tried using `TryParse` for safety, but it yields the same behavior. Is there a specific way to ensure that the decimal values are parsed correctly without losing precision and avoiding exceptions? Am I missing any configuration or best practices in handling culture-specific formats? I'm using .NET 7.0 in my project, and I would appreciate any guidance! Any ideas what could be causing this? Has anyone else encountered this? I've been using C# for about a year now. How would you solve this?