Casting Double

["Cann, Gary" <gcann@airgatepcsa.com>]

I'm trying to cast a sting into a double so that I cat get a total...

example:
String  str_a = "100.25";
double dbl_a = 0;

dbl_a = Double.parseDouble(str_a);

This will just throw an exception of 100.25 and stop my application...

Thanks for any help...