C# - Unexpected results when converting a string to double

Question

I have a string with value "20.616378139" and when i try to convert using Convert.ToDouble or Double.Parse i get 20616378139.0 insted of the right value.

Why is this happening and how should I fix it?

Answer 1

You probably live in a part of the world where the decimal point is written as a comma. Fix:

var str = "20.616378139";
var dbl = double.Parse(str, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);