Formatting and Retrieving Information - CSharp Language Basics

CSharp examples for Language Basics:Data Type Format

Description

Formatting and Retrieving Information

Demo Code

using System;/*w  w w  . j a  v a 2 s  .c  o  m*/
class FormatIt
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      int var = 12345;
      // Format using WriteLine
      Console.Write("You can format text using Write");
      Console.WriteLine(" and WriteLine. You can insert");
      Console.Write("variables (such as {0}) into a string", var );
      Console.WriteLine(" as well as do other formatting!");
      Console.WriteLine("\n{0:C}\n{0:C4}", var);
      Console.WriteLine("\n{0:f}\n{0:f3}", var);
      // Format using ToString
      string str1 = var.ToString("C");
      string str2 = var.ToString("C3");
      string str3 = var.ToString("E8");
      Console.WriteLine("\nYou can also format using ToString");
      Console.WriteLine(str1);
      Console.WriteLine(str2);
      Console.WriteLine(str3);
      // Formatting with string.Format
      string str4 = string.Format("\nOr, you can use string.Format: ");
      string str5 = string.Format("Nbr {0:F3} \n{0:C} \n{0:C0}", var);
      Console.WriteLine(str4);
      Console.WriteLine(str5);
   }
}

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