Parameters

value

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

provider

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

Returns

value as a decimal. [Edit]

Exceptions

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

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. [Edit]

Requirements

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