UI Text to Decimal. How?

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So this is my code, my input fields are supposed to have decimal numbers, that part does work. I need to convert the text showing into a decimal as well, not a string, so that I can later add a part of the code that increases the number that was written at first. I've tried a lot of tricks, but none seem to work. Is there a way to convert the Text to a decimal? P.S I am using System

public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour {

 public InputField Jackpot1;
 public Text Jack1;




 public InputField Jackpot2;
 public Text Jack2;

 public InputField Jackpot3;
 public Text Jack3;






 public void CopyText()
 {

     Jack1.text = Jackpot1.text;
     Jack2.text = Jackpot2.text;
     Jack3.text = Jackpot3.text;
 }

 // Use this for initialization
 void Start () {


 

 
 }


     
 
 // Update is called once per frame
 void Update () {


     
     //Convert.ToDecimal (Jack1);

 }

}

Answer 1

Answer by Cepheid · Nov 19, 2016 at 01:28 AM

@Thatmexicanuzer

C#'s datatypes have a built in function that allows you to parse string data into int's, float's and double's. Simply check out the Parse() and TryParse() methods.

Double.TryParse Example - MSDN Docs

Float.Parse Example - MSDN Docs

Int.TryParse - DotNetPerls

These methods allow you to convert a string into a number type. Parse will attempt to parse the string and if it fails it will throw a FormatException. If you want to perform some simple exception handling then TryParse will allow you test if the parse was successful.

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Answer 2

Answer by MusicKing7 · Nov 19, 2016 at 02:35 AM

 float.Parse("Text name".text)

This turns the text from your text component into a float.

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Answer by EvalDaemon · Jan 17 at 04:25 AM

How the hell does these WRONG solutions come up at the top of the search.

It's

 string s = "-3.14";
 float f = 0f;
 if (float.TryParse(s, out f))
  {
  Debug.Log("results= "  + f );
  }
 else Debug.Log("Failed to Parse.");

The first answer I guess isn't WRONG, but is referencing .NET6 and has broken links. The second isn't really much of an answer.

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