C# Int32 ToString(String, IFormatProvider)

Description

Int32 ToString(String, IFormatProvider) converts the numeric value of this instance to its equivalent string representation using the specified format and culture-specific format information.

Syntax

Int32.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) has the following syntax.


public string ToString(
  string format,
  IFormatProvider provider
)

Parameters

Int32.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) has the following parameters.

format - A standard or custom numeric format string.
provider - An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Returns

Int32.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) method returns The string representation of the value of this instance as specified by format and provider.

Example

The following example displays a positive and a negative value using each of the supported standard numeric format specifiers for three different cultures.


using System.Globalization;
using System;//w  w w.j  a  va2 s.c  o  m
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    // Define cultures whose formatting conventions are to be used.
    CultureInfo[] cultures = {CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US"), 
                              CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("fr-FR"), 
                              CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("es-ES") };
    int positiveNumber = 1679;
    int negativeNumber = -3045;
    string[] specifiers = {"G", "C", "D8", "E2", "F", "N", "P", "X8"}; 
    
    foreach (string specifier in specifiers)
    {
       foreach (CultureInfo culture in cultures)
       {
          // Display values with "G" format specifier.
          Console.WriteLine("{0} format using {1} culture: {2, 16} {3, 16}",  
                            specifier, culture.Name, 
                            positiveNumber.ToString(specifier, culture), 
                            negativeNumber.ToString(specifier, culture));
       }
       Console.WriteLine();
    }
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.