Convert.ToDouble("1.3") returns 13 [duplicate]

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Convert.ToDouble("1.3")

I have a string with the value "1.3". When I convert to double, it returns 13. I want to return 1.3.

Answer 1

It probably has to do with your current culture, it uses another decimal separator symbol than .. You can do this instead:

double.Parse("1.3", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);