using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        // current example simplified

        float amount = 12345678.0f;

        string text = amount.ToString();

        if(amount < 50)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Congratulations the first comparison worked!");

        }

        //if amount was a string to start with

        string amountText = "12345678.0";       

        float amountFloat;

        float.TryParse(amountText, out amountFloat);

        if(amountFloat < 50)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Congratulations the second comparison worked!");

        }

​

    }

}