Mega Code Archive
Using custom formats
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/*
C#: The Complete Reference
by Herbert Schildt
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002)
ISBN: 0072134852
*/
// Using custom formats.
using System;
public class PictureFormatDemo {
public static void Main() {
double num = 64354.2345;
Console.WriteLine("Default format: " + num);
// Display with 2 decimal places.
Console.WriteLine("Value with two decimal places: " +
"{0:#.##}", num);
// Display with commas and 2 decimal places.
Console.WriteLine("Add commas: {0:#,###.##}", num);
// Display using scientific notation.
Console.WriteLine("Use scientific notation: " +
"{0:#.###e+00}", num);
// Scale the value by 1000.
Console.WriteLine("Value in 1,000s: " +
"{0:#0,}", num);
/* Display positive, negative, and zero
values differently. */
Console.WriteLine("Display positive, negative, " +
"and zero values differently.");
Console.WriteLine("{0:#.#;(#.##);0.00}", num);
num = -num;
Console.WriteLine("{0:#.##;(#.##);0.00}", num);
num = 0.0;
Console.WriteLine("{0:#.##;(#.##);0.00}", num);
// Display a percentage.
num = 0.17;
Console.WriteLine("Display a pecentage: {0:#%}", num);
}
}
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