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Converts string in a specified style and culture-specific format to float

using System; using System.Globalization; public class Example {     public static void Main()     {       string[] values = { " 987.654E-21", " 987,654E-21",  "(98765,43210.12345)",                            "9,876,543.210", "9.876.543,210",  "98_76_54_32,19" };       CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("");       ci.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSizes = new int[] { 2 };       ci.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSeparator = "_";       CultureInfo[] providers = { new CultureInfo("en-US"),new CultureInfo("nl-NL"), ci };              NumberStyles[] styles = { NumberStyles.Currency, NumberStyles.Float };       foreach (CultureInfo provider in providers)       {          foreach (string value in values)          {             foreach (NumberStyles style in styles)             {                try {                   float number = Single.Parse(value, style, provider);                               Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1}) -> {2}", value, style, number);                }                catch (FormatException) {                   Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is invalid using {1}.", value, style);                }                catch (OverflowException) {                   Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is out of the range of a Single.", value);                }              }                      }                }    }    }