I want to format a number using ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) and also to 5 decimal places, which can be done using ToString("N5"). How can I do both together?
How about using the overload which takes both a format and a culture:
decimal m = 123.4567890123m;
string x = m.ToString("N5", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
(Obviously substitute double for decimal if you're using that; there's an equivalent overload.)
In case you have Decimal not Double:
string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0:f5}", m)
as Decimal.ToString() does not have these overloads
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I have a string that contains: 2.53 and I'm trying to convert this number into decimal type, so I did:
string value = "2.53";
decimal converted = Convert.ToDecimal(value);
but the final result is: 253
Decimal point is different in every culture. In your culture it might be a comma. You can use InvariantCulture which has dot as decimal separator:
decimal converted = Convert.ToDecimal(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
This is my code:
string myValue = "0,203";
decimal.TryParse(myValue, NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, out myValueAsDecimal;
...
myValueAsDecimal is 0.203 now
Is it possible that myValueAsDecimal has 0,203 after TryParse or the internal representation of decimal is always 0.203 and I need to format GUI output if I need 0,203?
Is it possible that myValueAsDecimal has 0,203 after TryParse
No. It's just a number - it has no concept of a text format. To think about it another way with a simpler type, consider these two lines of code:
int x = 0x100;
int y = 256;
Are those two values the same? Yes, they represent the same number. If you convert the values of x and y to strings, by default they will both end up as "256" - but they could both end up as "100" if you request a hex representation.
It's important to distinguish between the real value of a variable and a textual representation. Very few types (none that I can think of immediately) carry around information about a textual representation with them - so for example, a DateTime can be parsed from a variety of formats, but has no "memory" of an original text format. It's just a date and time, which could then be formatted according to any format.
If you need to maintain the idea of "a decimal number and the culture in which it was originally represented" then you should create your own class or struct for that pairing. It's not present in decimal itself.
decimal d = 0.203m;
Console.WriteLine(d.ToString(CultureInfo.InstalledUICulture));
Console.WriteLine(d.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)); // decimal point: dot
Console.WriteLine(d.ToString(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US"))); // default decimal point: dot
Console.WriteLine(d.ToString(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("ru-RU"))); // default decimal point: comma
Result:
0,203
0.203
0.203
0,203
Looks like your CurrentCulture has , as a NumberDecimalSeparator and that's why your parsing succeed.
Actually, 0.203 and 0,203 are the same as value. Only matter is their textual representation when you print it.
If you wanna get your value as a 0,203 representation, you can use a culture that has , as a NumberDecimalSeparator.
For example, my culture (tr-TR) has a ,. When you represent your decimal with it, you will get 0,203.
string myValue = "0,203";
decimal myValueAsDecimal;
decimal.TryParse(myValue, NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, out myValueAsDecimal);
myValueAsDecimal.ToString(new CultureInfo("tr-TR")).Dump(); // 0,203
The value of the Decimal is the same regardless of the Culture, it's
0.203
what changes is its String representation (decimal separator in your case), so
if you want to change decimal separator and don't want to change the Culture
you can just assign NumberDecimalSeparator in your custom NumberFormatInfo e.g.
Decimal d = 0.203M;
NumberFormatInfo myNumberInfo = new NumberFormatInfo() {
NumberDecimalSeparator = "," // Comma, please
};
String result = d.ToString(myNumberInfo); // "0,203"
I have tried:
MessageBox.Show(System.Numerics.BigInteger.Parse("7.56e+011",
NumberStyles.Float,
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
But it continues to show 7.56e+011
You are looking to format the number. You can use String.Format to do so
string.Format("{0:F}",System.Numerics.BigInteger.Parse("7.56e+011",
NumberStyles.Float,
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
Running the following code
Gives you the following MessageBox
you can specify no decimal points by changing it to {0:F0} for the format.
Try
BigInteger num = System.Numerics.BigInteger.Parse("7.56e+011",
NumberStyles.Float,
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
String text = num.ToString("F5"); // New format string, here with 5 digits.
Your solution does an implicit conversion from BigInteger back to string again, which uses the scientific notation if the exponent is large.
decimal dec = decimal.Parse("7.7583877127496407E-6",
System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Any);
Console.WriteLine(dec);
Sounds easy but when I tried to achieve i'm stock about how is the formatter to make this conversion this are some examples of strings that i need to convert to decimal
00.24
48.34
01.24
Does anybody know how can i Accomplish this?? I tried like this
try
{
decimal x = Convert.ToDecimal("00.24", );
//Which formatter do I need to pass??
decimal x = Convert.ToDecimal("00.24", Formatter???);
}
Catch(Exception e)
{
throw new Exception()
}
But It doesn't work because the result it's 24D and i need 0.24D
I suspect your system culture is not English and has different number formatting rules. Try passing the invariant culture as the format provider:
decimal d = Convert.ToDecimal("00.24", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
You could also use Decimal.Parse:
decimal d = Decimal.Parse("00.24", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
Why not just use Decimal.Parse
decimal x = Decimal.Parse("00.24");
Console.WriteLine(x); // Prints: 00.24
I think Decimal.TryParse should work. More info here.
The result you're getting is because the dot . is tretaed as a group (thousand) separator. the parser simply discards it, and doesn't check if the group sizes are right. So '20.100.200' or '1.2.3.4' would also get parsed as 20100200 and 1234.
This happens on many european cultures, like 'es'
You have to use any culture that doesn't consider a . as a group separator, but as a decimal separator. CultureInfo.InvariantCulture is one of the possible cultures (it has basically the same configuration of en-US).
What is the best way to format a decimal if I only want decimal displayed if it is not an integer.
Eg:
decimal amount = 1000M
decimal vat = 12.50M
When formatted I want:
Amount: 1000 (not 1000.0000)
Vat: 12.5 (not 12.50)
decimal one = 1000M;
decimal two = 12.5M;
Console.WriteLine(one.ToString("0.##"));
Console.WriteLine(two.ToString("0.##"));
Updated following comment by user1676558
Try this:
decimal one = 1000M;
decimal two = 12.5M;
decimal three = 12.567M;
Console.WriteLine(one.ToString("G"));
Console.WriteLine(two.ToString("G"));
Console.WriteLine(three.ToString("G"));
For a decimal value, the default precision for the "G" format specifier is 29 digits, and fixed-point notation is always used when the precision is omitted, so this is the same as "0.#############################".
Unlike "0.##" it will display all significant decimal places (a decimal value can not have more than 29 decimal places).
The "G29" format specifier is similar but can use scientific notation if more compact (see Standard numeric format strings).
Thus:
decimal d = 0.0000000000000000000012M;
Console.WriteLine(d.ToString("G")); // Uses fixed-point notation
Console.WriteLine(d.ToString("G29"); // Uses scientific notation