Double.ToString Method (IFormatProvider)

public string ToString(
	IFormatProvider provider
)

Implements

The return value can be PositiveInfinitySymbol, NegativeInfinitySymbol, NaNSymbol, or a string of the form:

[sign]integral-digits[.[fractional-digits]][e[sign]exponential-digits]

Optional elements are framed in square brackets ([ and ]). Elements that contain the term "digits" consist of a series of numeric characters ranging from 0 to 9. The elements listed in the following table are supported.

Some examples of the return value are "100", "-123,456,789", "123.45e+6", "500", "3.1416", "600", "-0.123", and "-Infinity".

This instance is formatted with the general numeric format specifier ("G").

The .NET Framework provides extensive formatting support, which is described in greater detail in the following formatting topics:

• For more information about numeric format specifiers, see Standard Numeric Format Strings and Custom Numeric Format Strings.

• For more information about formatting, see Formatting Types.

The provider parameter is an IFormatProvider implementation whose GetFormat method returns a NumberFormatInfo object. Typically, provider is a CultureInfo object or a NumberFormatInfo object. The provider parameter supplies culture-specific information used in formatting. If provider is null, the return value is formatted using the NumberFormatInfo object for the current culture.

To convert a Double value to its string representation using a specified culture and a specific format string, call the Double.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) method.

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

double value;

value = -16325.62015;
// Display value using the invariant culture.
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
// Display value using the en-GB culture.
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-GB")));
// Display value using the de-DE culture.
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("de-DE")));

value = 16034.125E21;
// Display value using the invariant culture.
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
// Display value using the en-GB culture.
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-GB")));
// Display value using the de-DE culture.
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("de-DE")));
// This example displays the following output to the console: 
//       -16325.62015 
//       -16325.62015 
//       -16325,62015 
//       1.6034125E+25 
//       1.6034125E+25 
//       1,6034125E+25

The following example illustrates the use of ToString, taking a String and an IFormatProvider as parameters.

	public class Temperature : IFormattable {
		// IFormattable.ToString implementation. 
		public string ToString(string format, IFormatProvider provider) {
			if( format != null ) {
				if( format.Equals("F") ) {
					return String.Format("{0}'F", this.Value.ToString());
				}
				if( format.Equals("C") ) {
					return String.Format("{0}'C", this.Celsius.ToString());
				}
			}

			return m_value.ToString(format, provider);
		}

		// The value holder 
		protected double m_value;

		public double Value {
			get {
				return m_value;
			}
			set {
				m_value = value;
			}
		}

		public double Celsius {
			get {
				return (m_value-32.0)/1.8;
			}
			set {
				m_value = 1.8*value+32.0;
			}
		}
	}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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