NumberFormatInfo.CurrencyDecimalSeparator Property
Definition
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Gets or sets the string to use as the decimal separator in currency values.
public:
property System::String ^ CurrencyDecimalSeparator { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };public string CurrencyDecimalSeparator { get; set; }member this.CurrencyDecimalSeparator : string with get, setPublic Property CurrencyDecimalSeparator As StringProperty Value
The string to use as the decimal separator in currency values. The default for InvariantInfo is ".".
Exceptions
The property is being set to null.
The property is being set and the NumberFormatInfo object is read-only.
The property is being set to an empty string.
Examples
The following example demonstrates the effect of changing the CurrencyDecimalSeparator property.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
int main()
{
// Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture.
CultureInfo^ MyCI = gcnew CultureInfo( "en-US",false );
NumberFormatInfo^ nfi = MyCI->NumberFormat;
// Displays a value with the default separator (S".").
Int64 myInt = 123456789;
Console::WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "C", nfi ) );
// Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
nfi->CurrencyDecimalSeparator = " ";
Console::WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "C", nfi ) );
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
$123, 456, 789.00
$123, 456, 789 00
*/
using System;
using System.Globalization;
class NumberFormatInfoSample {
public static void Main() {
// Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture.
NumberFormatInfo nfi = new CultureInfo( "en-US", false ).NumberFormat;
// Displays a value with the default separator (".").
Int64 myInt = 123456789;
Console.WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "C", nfi ) );
// Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
nfi.CurrencyDecimalSeparator = " ";
Console.WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "C", nfi ) );
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
$123,456,789.00
$123,456,789 00
*/
Imports System.Globalization
Class NumberFormatInfoSample
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture.
Dim nfi As NumberFormatInfo = New CultureInfo("en-US", False).NumberFormat
' Displays a value with the default separator (".").
Dim myInt As Int64 = 123456789
Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("C", nfi))
' Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
nfi.CurrencyDecimalSeparator = " "
Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("C", nfi))
End Sub
End Class
'
'This code produces the following output.
'
'$123,456,789.00
'$123,456,789 00
'
Remarks
The initial value of this property is derived from the settings in the Region and Language item in Control Panel.
The CurrencyDecimalSeparator property is used with the "C" standard format string to define the symbol that separates integral from fractional digits. For more information, see Standard Numeric Format Strings.
