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NumberFormatInfo.NumberDecimalSeparator Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Globalization
Assembly:
System.Globalization.dll
Assembly:
System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
mscorlib.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll
Source:
NumberFormatInfo.cs
Source:
NumberFormatInfo.cs
Source:
NumberFormatInfo.cs

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

public:
 property System::String ^ NumberDecimalSeparator { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public string NumberDecimalSeparator { get; set; }
member this.NumberDecimalSeparator : string with get, set
Public Property NumberDecimalSeparator As String

Property Value

String

The string to use as the decimal separator in numeric values. The default for InvariantInfo is ".".

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The property is being set to null.

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 NumberDecimalSeparator 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( "N", nfi ) );
   
   // Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
   nfi->NumberDecimalSeparator = " ";
   Console::WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "N", 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( "N", nfi ) );

      // Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
      nfi.NumberDecimalSeparator = " ";
      Console.WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "N", 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("N", nfi))

      ' Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
      nfi.NumberDecimalSeparator = " "
      Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("N", nfi))

   End Sub

End Class


'This code produces the following output.
'
'123,456,789.00
'123,456,789 00

Remarks

The NumberDecimalSeparator property is used with the "E", "F", "G", "N", and "R" standard format strings to define the symbol that separates integral from fractional digits. For more information, see Standard Numeric Format Strings.

On Windows, the initial value of this property is derived from the settings in the Region and Language item in Control Panel.

Applies to

See also