# Review: Fixes for double formatting on non-English culture

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/review-fixes-for-double-formatting-on-non-english-culture/178395>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [November 3, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/review-fixes-for-double-formatting-on-non-english-culture/178395 "2009-11-03T22:38:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/review-fixes-for-double-formatting-on-non-english-culture/178395/1 "2009-11-03T22:38:00Z")

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tfpt review /shelveset:cul;sborde

Comment :  
Ivan’s build machine uses a Dutch-Belgium culture, where comma is used  
for the decimal point instead of a period. Need to use  
CultureInfo.Invariant to parse a float/double out of a string.

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**Author:** ![Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/review-fixes-for-double-formatting-on-non-english-culture/178395/2 "2009-11-03T23:27:45Z")

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Looks good.

Tomas

From: Shri B.  
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:37 PM  
To: IronRuby External Code R.; removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Subject: Review: Fixes for double formatting on non-English culture

tfpt review /shelveset:cul;sborde

Comment :  
Ivan’s build machine uses a Dutch-Belgium culture, where comma is used  
for the decimal point instead of a period. Need to use  
CultureInfo.Invariant to parse a float/double out of a string.