Parameters

value

The string to be converted. The string is in the System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Number style.

provider

A IFormatProvider that supplies a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo containing culture-specific formatting information.

Returns

value as a decimal.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentException	value is a null reference.
FormatException	value cannot be converted to a numeric value.
OverflowException	The numeric value of value is greater than decimal.MaxValue or less than decimal.MinValue.

Remarks

This method parses value using the information in the System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo instance supplied by provider. If provider is null or if a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo cannot be obtained from provider, the string is parsed using the formatting information of the current system culture.

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0