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NumberFormatInfo.CurrencyDecimalDigits Property

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Updated: October 2010

Gets or sets the number of decimal places to use in currency values.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property CurrencyDecimalDigits As Integer
public int CurrencyDecimalDigits { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
The number of decimal places to use in currency values. The default for InvariantInfo is 2.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The property is being set to a value that is less than 0 or greater than 99.

InvalidOperationException

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

Remarks

The CurrencyDecimalDigits property is used with the "C" standard format string without a precision specifier in numeric formatting operations. It defines the number of fractional digits that appear after the decimal point. For more information, see Standard Numeric Format Strings.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the effect of changing the CurrencyDecimalDigits 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 negative value with the default number of decimal digits (2).
      Dim myInt As Int64 = -1234
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("C", nfi)) & vbCrLf

      ' Displays the same value with four decimal digits.
      nfi.CurrencyDecimalDigits = 4
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("C", nfi)) & vbCrLf

   End Sub 'Main 

End Class 'NumberFormatInfoSample


' This code produces the following output.
'
' ($1,234.00)
' ($1,234.0000)

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 negative value with the default number of decimal digits (2).
      Int64 myInt = -1234;
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("C", nfi)) + "\n";

      // Displays the same value with four decimal digits.
      nfi.CurrencyDecimalDigits = 4;
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("C", nfi)) + "\n";

   }
}


/* 
This code produces the following output.

($1,234.00)
($1,234.0000)
*/

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.

Change History

Date

History

Reason

October 2010

Added the Remarks section.

Customer feedback.