NumberFormatInfo.CurrencyGroupSeparator Property
Definition
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Gets or sets the string that separates groups of digits to the left of the decimal in currency values.
public:
property System::String ^ CurrencyGroupSeparator { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public string CurrencyGroupSeparator { get; set; }
member this.CurrencyGroupSeparator : string with get, set
Public Property CurrencyGroupSeparator As String
Property Value
The string that separates groups of digits to the left of the decimal in currency values. The default for InvariantInfo is ",".
Exceptions
The property is being set to null
.
The property is being set and the NumberFormatInfo object is read-only.
Examples
The following example demonstrates the effect of changing the CurrencyGroupSeparator 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( "C", nfi ) );
// Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
nfi->CurrencyGroupSeparator = " ";
Console::WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "C", 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( "C", nfi ) );
// Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
nfi.CurrencyGroupSeparator = " ";
Console.WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "C", 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("C", nfi))
' Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
nfi.CurrencyGroupSeparator = " "
Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("C", nfi))
End Sub
End Class
'This code produces the following output.
'
'$123,456,789.00
'$123 456 789.00
Remarks
On Windows, the initial value of this property is derived from the settings in the Regional and Language item in Control Panel.
The CurrencyGroupSeparator property is used with the "C" standard format string to define the symbol that separates groups of integral digits. For more information, see Standard Numeric Format Strings.