Rounding up and decimal places

[aaronjonmartin]

Hi I have a variable which is of type string, it contains the value 1.676432. I was wondering how can I convert this to a decimal number rounded up to 2 decimal places?

Any help with this would be really appreciated.

Aaron

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[ca8msm]

To convert it to a decimal, you can use any of the following methods:

1) Decimal.TryParse()
2) Cdec()
3) Ctype()

You can then use the Round method of the Decimal object.


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[aaronjonmartin]

Thanks for the suggestions ca8msm.

I ended up doing it this way:

localdec = Convert.ToDecimal(localrate)
localdec = Math.Round(localdec, 2)

"It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem."
Malcolm Forbes (1919 - 1990)

 

[jshurst]

Just make sure the input is a numeric value otherwise you'll probably get an error. The Decimal.TryParse is like a try/catch all in one (very useful).