using System;

using System.Globalization;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string floatString = "1234.56"; // American format with period as decimal separator

        CultureInfo cultureFR = new CultureInfo("fr-FR"); // French culture uses comma as decimal separator

        CultureInfo cultureUS = new CultureInfo("en-US"); // French culture uses comma as decimal separator

        float result = 0f;

        try

        {

            result = float.Parse(floatString, cultureFR);

            Console.WriteLine(result);

        }

        catch

        {

            Console.WriteLine("cultureFR Bad Format");

        }

        try

        {

            result = float.Parse(floatString, cultureUS);

            Console.WriteLine(result);

        }

        catch

        {

            Console.WriteLine("cultureUS Bad Format");

        }

    }

}