From 26ff33035c2f382ec3eba893a61fbce31d78da70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tilman Reinhardt <tilman.reinhardt@arup.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 14:50:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] GSAGH-384 GridLoadHelper.ListSeparator

---
 GsaGH/Parameters/3_Loads/GridLoadHelper.cs          | 13 ++++++++++---
 .../3_Components/3_Loads/CreateGridLineLoadTests.cs |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/GsaGH/Parameters/3_Loads/GridLoadHelper.cs b/GsaGH/Parameters/3_Loads/GridLoadHelper.cs
index 08e5f8ee7..7fb455c00 100644
--- a/GsaGH/Parameters/3_Loads/GridLoadHelper.cs
+++ b/GsaGH/Parameters/3_Loads/GridLoadHelper.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System.Globalization;
-using System;
+using GsaAPI;
 using OasysUnits;
 using Rhino.Collections;
 using Rhino.Geometry;
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@
 
 namespace GsaGH.Parameters {
   internal static class GridLoadHelper {
-    private static readonly char ListSeparator = Convert.ToChar(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator);
+    internal static char ListSeparator = GetListSeparator();
 
     internal static string CreateDefinition(Point3dList controlPoints, Plane plane) {
       string desc = string.Empty;
@@ -67,5 +66,13 @@ private static (LengthUnit lengthUnit, string def) ClearDefGetUnit(string defini
       definition = definition.Replace("(m)", string.Empty);
       return (lengthUnit, definition);
     }
+
+    internal static char GetListSeparator() {
+      // this is a hack, because GSA doesn´t use CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator
+      var gridLineLoad = new GridLineLoad {
+        PolyLineDefinition = "(0, 0) (1, 0) (m)"
+      };
+      return gridLineLoad.PolyLineDefinition[2];
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/GsaGHTests/3_Components/3_Loads/CreateGridLineLoadTests.cs b/GsaGHTests/3_Components/3_Loads/CreateGridLineLoadTests.cs
index ca8af7a44..49cc9ece1 100644
--- a/GsaGHTests/3_Components/3_Loads/CreateGridLineLoadTests.cs
+++ b/GsaGHTests/3_Components/3_Loads/CreateGridLineLoadTests.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public void CreateGridLineLoadTest() {
       var output = (GsaLoadGoo)ComponentTestHelper.GetOutput(comp);
       var load = (GsaGridLineLoad)output.Value;
       Assert.Equal(7, load.LoadCase.Id);
-      Assert.Equal("(10,5) (20,6)(m)", load.ApiLoad.PolyLineDefinition);
+      Assert.Equal("(10" + GridLoadHelper.ListSeparator + "5) (20" + GridLoadHelper.ListSeparator + "6)(m)", load.ApiLoad.PolyLineDefinition);
       Assert.Equal(0, load.ApiLoad.PolyLineReference);
       Assert.Equal("myGridLineLoad", load.ApiLoad.Name);
       Assert.Equal(-5000, load.ApiLoad.ValueAtStart);