title: 1E-08 to decimal
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3879463/parse-a-number-from-exponential-notation">Parse a Number from Exponential Notation</a><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5916921/does-decimal-parse-support-scientific-notation">Does Decimal.Parse() support scientific notation?</a></p>
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  <p>I am trying to convert such values as 1E-08 to a decimal in C# because decimals are the preffered datatype for handling funds yet I get an error upon decimal.Parse() "Input string was not in a correct format." wouldn't converting to float first and then to decimal defeat the purpose?</p>