' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Globalization

Module Example
    Public Sub Main()
      ' Define an array of string values.
      Dim values() As String = { " 987.654E-2", " 987,654E-2", _
                                 "(98765,43210)", "9,876,543.210",  _
                                 "9.876.543,210",  "98_76_54_32,19" }
      ' Create a custom culture based on the invariant culture.
      Dim ci As New CultureInfo("")
      ci.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSizes = New Integer() { 2 }
      ci.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSeparator = "_"
      
      ' Define an array of format providers.
      Dim providers() As CultureInfo = { New CultureInfo("en-US"), _
                                             New CultureInfo("nl-NL"), ci }       
      
      ' Define an array of styles.
      Dim styles() As NumberStyles = { NumberStyles.Currency, NumberStyles.Float }
      
      ' Iterate the array of format providers.
      For Each provider As CultureInfo In providers
         Console.WriteLine("Parsing using the {0} culture:", _
                           If(provider.Name = String.Empty, "Invariant", provider.Name))
         ' Parse each element in the array of string values.
         For Each value As String In values
            For Each style As NumberStyles In styles
               Try
                  Dim number As Single = Single.Parse(value, style, provider)            
                  Console.WriteLine("   {0} ({1}) -> {2}", _
                                    value, style, number)
               Catch e As FormatException
                  Console.WriteLine("   '{0}' is invalid using {1}.", value, style)            
               Catch e As OverflowException
                  Console.WriteLine("   '{0}' is out of the range of a Single.", value)
               End Try 
            Next            
         Next         
         Console.WriteLine()
      Next
   End Sub   
End Module

Protected Sub OkToSingle_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles OkToSingle.Click
   Dim locale As String
   Dim culture As CultureInfo
   Dim number As Single

   ' Return if string is empty
   If String.IsNullOrEmpty(Me.inputNumber.Text) Then Exit Sub

   ' Get locale of web request to determine possible format of number
   If Request.UserLanguages.Length = 0 Then Exit Sub
   locale = Request.UserLanguages(0)
   If String.IsNullOrEmpty(locale) Then Exit Sub

   ' Instantiate CultureInfo object for the user's locale
   culture = New CultureInfo(locale)

   ' Convert user input from a string to a number
   Try
      number = Single.Parse(Me.inputNumber.Text, culture.NumberFormat)
   Catch ex As FormatException
      Exit Sub
   Catch ex As OverflowException
      Exit Sub
   End Try

   ' Output number to label on web form
   Me.outputNumber.Text = "Number is " & number.ToString()
End Sub

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim values() As String = { "100", "(100)", "-123,456,789", "123.45e+6", _
                                 "+500", "5e2", "3.1416", "600.", "-.123", _
                                 "-Infinity", "-1E-16", Double.MaxValue.ToString(), _
                                 Single.MinValue.ToString(), String.Empty }
      For Each value As String In values
         Try   
            Dim number As Single = Single.Parse(value)
            Console.WriteLine("{0} -> {1}", value, number)
         Catch e As FormatException
            Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is not in a valid format.", value)
         Catch e As OverflowException
            Console.WriteLine("{0} is outside the range of a Single.", value)
         End Try
      Next                                  
   End Sub
End Module

' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Threading

Module ParseStrings
   Public Sub Main()
      ' Set current thread culture to en-US.
      Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US")
            
      Dim value As String
      Dim styles As NumberStyles
      
      ' Parse a string in exponential notation with only the AllowExponent flag. 
      value = "-1.063E-02"
      styles = NumberStyles.AllowExponent
      ShowNumericValue(value, styles) 
      
      ' Parse a string in exponential notation
      ' with the AllowExponent and Number flags.
      styles = NumberStyles.AllowExponent Or NumberStyles.Number
      ShowNumericValue(value, styles)

      ' Parse a currency value with leading and trailing white space, and
      ' white space after the U.S. currency symbol.
      value = " $ 6,164.3299  "
      styles = NumberStyles.Number Or NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol
      ShowNumericValue(value, styles)
      
      ' Parse negative value with thousands separator and decimal.
      value = "(4,320.64)"
      styles = NumberStyles.AllowParentheses Or NumberStyles.AllowTrailingSign _
               Or NumberStyles.Float 
      ShowNumericValue(value, styles)
      
      styles = NumberStyles.AllowParentheses Or NumberStyles.AllowTrailingSign _
               Or NumberStyles.Float Or NumberStyles.AllowThousands
      ShowNumericValue(value, styles)
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub ShowNumericValue(value As String, styles As NumberStyles)
      Dim number As Single
      Try
         number = Single.Parse(value, styles)
         Console.WriteLine("Converted '{0}' using {1} to {2}.", _
                           value, styles.ToString(), number)
      Catch e As FormatException
         Console.WriteLine("Unable to parse '{0}' with styles {1}.", _
                           value, styles.ToString())
      End Try
      Console.WriteLine()                           
   End Sub
End Module