public static int NumberOfDecimalPlaces(string number)
        {
            if (number.Contains(DecimalSymbol))
            {
                string[] numbersplit = number.Split(charDecimalSymbol);
                return numbersplit[1].ToString().Length;
            }
            else
            {
                return 0; //no decimal places.
            }
        }

        public static int NumberOfDecimalPlaces(int number)
        {
            return NumberOfDecimalPlaces(number.ToString());
        }