C# Single ToString(IFormatProvider)

Description

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

Syntax

Single.ToString(IFormatProvider) has the following syntax.

public string ToString(
  IFormatProvider provider
)

Parameters

Single.ToString(IFormatProvider) has the following parameters.

• provider - An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Returns

Single.ToString(IFormatProvider) method returns The string representation of the value of this instance as specified by provider.

Example

The following example displays the string representation of two Single values using CultureInfo objects that represent several different cultures.

using System.Globalization;
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public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    float value = -12345.12345F;
    Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
    Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-GB")));
    Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("de-DE")));
    
    value = 12345.123E21F;
    Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
    Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-GB")));
    Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("de-DE")));

  }
}
    

The code above generates the following result.