How to parse the value to decimal?

Question

Code:

decimal pgr = decimal.Parse("$ 499.00");

I am getting the error message as

System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.

How to parse a value to decimal?

Answer 1

decimal d = decimal.Parse("$499.00", NumberStyles.Currency);

Answer 2

try removing the string first,

decimal pgr = decimal.Parse("$ 499.00".Replace("$", "").Replace(" ", ""));

.Replace(" ", "") was added in the code to remove all spaces either trailing, leading or in between.