Converting String to 2 Decimals

[sonya9879]

Hi,

I know this is probably something really really simple but anyway, I have spent 2 hours already without any luck.

I have the following:

Dim tra_amount = "1234"

And I want to convert to 12.34

I tried the following:
CInt(tra_amount)
String.Format("{0:c}", Double.Parse(tra_amount))

and also I tried
Convert.ToDouble(tra_amount)

I still end up with 1234 and not 12.34.
Basically I need to say that the last 2 digits will always be 2 decimals. How I can do that fast and nicely?

Thanks

 

[PankajBanga]

use String.Insert method as follows:

Dim tra_amount As String = "1234"
Dim str As String = tra_amount.Insert(2, ".")

MessageBox.Show(str)

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[JohnYingling]

Try dividing by 100 after parsing.

String.Format("{0:c}", Decimal.Parse(tra_amount) / 100)

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[sonya9879]

Thanks PankajBanga and JohnYingling for your help. Both solutions works just fine but I think I will use PankajBanga solution this time. But thanks so much to both of you for helping me on this small problem...