Is it possible to convert string to float datatype inasp.net

User107

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In my web application, i need to display grid view in one column message string type that column have float data type in database. I am trying to convert string to float data type but it is not display properly what i have to do.

I tried this:

string str1 = "Hi hello";
float f = float.Parse(str1); 
dt.Rows[i].SetField("Column Name",f);

I am getting Exception like "Input string was not in a correct format".
Is It Possible to convert string to float. Can anyone tell me how to do this.
Thank you

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Vasanth Natarajan10y ago
Hi user,
its not possible to convert to this...
Its possible to convert int to float or float to int but not string to Float or int
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Vinay Singh10y ago
Here you are trying to convert the string into a float type .as we know float is a number with decimal value. and here you are passing string "Hi Hello". if you pass below value then you code will work,
string str1 = "200"; float f = float.Parse(str1); dt.Rows[i].SetField("Column Name",f);
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