Strings.FormatNumber(Object, Int32, TriState, TriState, TriState) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Source:: Strings.vb

Source:: Strings.vb

Source:: Strings.vb

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Returns an expression formatted as a number.

public static string FormatNumber (object? Expression, int NumDigitsAfterDecimal = -1, Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState IncludeLeadingDigit = Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState.UseDefault, Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState UseParensForNegativeNumbers = Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState.UseDefault, Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState GroupDigits = Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState.UseDefault);

public static string FormatNumber (object Expression, int NumDigitsAfterDecimal = -1, Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState IncludeLeadingDigit = Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState.UseDefault, Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState UseParensForNegativeNumbers = Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState.UseDefault, Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState GroupDigits = Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState.UseDefault);

static member FormatNumber : obj * int * Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState * Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState * Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState -> string

Public Function FormatNumber (Expression As Object, Optional NumDigitsAfterDecimal As Integer = -1, Optional IncludeLeadingDigit As TriState = Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState.UseDefault, Optional UseParensForNegativeNumbers As TriState = Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState.UseDefault, Optional GroupDigits As TriState = Microsoft.VisualBasic.TriState.UseDefault) As String

Parameters

Expression: Object

Required. Expression to be formatted.

NumDigitsAfterDecimal: Int32

Optional. Numeric value indicating how many places are displayed to the right of the decimal. The default value is -1, which indicates that the computer's regional settings are used.

IncludeLeadingDigit: TriState

Optional. TriState constant that indicates whether a leading 0 is displayed for fractional values. See "Settings" for values.

UseParensForNegativeNumbers: TriState

Optional. TriState constant that indicates whether to place negative values within parentheses. See "Settings" for values.

GroupDigits: TriState

Optional. TriState constant that indicates whether or not numbers are grouped using the group delimiter specified in the locale settings. See "Settings" for values.

Returns

String

An expression formatted as a number.

Exceptions

InvalidCastException

Type is not numeric.

Examples

This example demonstrates the FormatNumber function.

Dim testNumber As Integer = 45600
' Returns "45,600.00".
Dim testString As String = FormatNumber(testNumber, 2, , , TriState.True)

Remarks

When one or more optional arguments are omitted the values for omitted arguments are provided by the locale settings.

Note

All settings information comes from the locale of the application. By default, that will be the locale set in the control panel. However, it may be changed programmatically by using the .NET Framework.

The IncludeLeadingDigit, UseParensForNegativeNumbers, and GroupDigits arguments have the following settings.

Constant	Description
`TriState.True`	True
`TriState.False`	False
`TriState.UseDefault`	The computer's regional settings

Applies to

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