Re: [Boost-users] lexical_cast and float

Hi, On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Igor R <boost.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

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string value("3.14"); try { lexical_cast<float>(value); } catch(bad_lexical_cast& ) { cout<<value<<" is not a float number\n"; } I always obtain a bad_lexical_cast exception.

Perhaps, your locale requires comma as fp: "3,14"

But what if one did want to convert from "3.14" instead of "3,14"? How can one specify the customization in this case? Best regards, Asif