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NumberFormatInfo.CurrencyDecimalSeparator Property

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Gets or sets the string to use as the decimal separator in currency values.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property CurrencyDecimalSeparator As String

public string CurrencyDecimalSeparator { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The string to use as the decimal separator in currency values. The default for InvariantInfo is ".".

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

The property is being set to nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
InvalidOperationException

The property is being set and the NumberFormatInfo object is read-only.
ArgumentException

The property is being set to an empty string.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the effect of changing the CurrencyDecimalSeparator property.

Imports System.Globalization

Class Example


   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)

      ' Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture.
      Dim nfi As NumberFormatInfo = New CultureInfo("en-US").NumberFormat

      ' Displays a value with the default separator (".").
      Dim myInt As Int64 = 123456789
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("C", nfi)) & vbCrLf

      ' Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
      nfi.CurrencyDecimalSeparator = " "
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("C", nfi)) & vbCrLf

   End Sub 
End Class 
' 
' This code produces the following output.
' 
'    $123,456,789.00
'    $123,456,789 00
' 

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class Example
{

   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {

      // Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture.
      NumberFormatInfo nfi = new CultureInfo("en-US").NumberFormat;

      // Displays a value with the default separator (".").
      Int64 myInt = 123456789;
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("C", nfi)) + "\n";

      // Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
      nfi.CurrencyDecimalSeparator = " ";
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("C", nfi)) + "\n";

   }
}


/* 
This code produces the following output.

$123,456,789.00
$123,456,789 00
*/

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.