Formatting decimals

[C]

Hi,

I have an aspx with some labels.

I set the text of these labels to be teh return value of
some Functions that carry out some calculations.
(My Functions return decimals)

I want to format the value I write to my label so that it
is transformed for example from 87123.13 to 87,123.13

This probably quite simple but I am unsure.

Any help or direction to online help much appreciated.

Thanks,
C

[Jon Skeet]

Re: Formatting decimals

C <c@nospam.com > wrote:[color=blue]
> I have an aspx with some labels.
>
> I set the text of these labels to be teh return value of
> some Functions that carry out some calculations.
> (My Functions return decimals)
>
> I want to format the value I write to my label so that it
> is transformed for example from 87123.13 to 87,123.13
>
> This probably quite simple but I am unsure.[/color]

You need the "number" format specifier, "n". For instance:

using System;

class Test
{
static void Main()
{
decimal d = 87123.13m;
Console.WriteLi ne ("{0:n}", d);
}
}

prints

87,123.13
(in an English culture).

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