NumberFormatInfo.NumberDecimalDigits Property (System.Globalization)

.NET Framework Class Library

NumberFormatInfo..::.NumberDecimalDigits Property

Gets or sets the number of decimal places to use in numeric values.

Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property NumberDecimalDigits As Integer

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As NumberFormatInfo
Dim value As Integer

value = instance.NumberDecimalDigits

instance.NumberDecimalDigits = value

public int NumberDecimalDigits { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property int NumberDecimalDigits {
    int get ();
    void set (int value);
}

JScript

public function get NumberDecimalDigits () : int
public function set NumberDecimalDigits (value : int)

Property Value

Type: System..::.Int32
The number of decimal places to use in numeric values. The default for InvariantInfo is 2.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The property is being set to a value that is less than 0 or greater than 99.
InvalidOperationException	The property is being set and the NumberFormatInfo is read-only.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the effect of changing the NumberDecimalDigits property.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.Globalization

Class NumberFormatInfoSample

   Public Shared Sub Main()

      ' Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture.
      Dim nfi As NumberFormatInfo = New CultureInfo("en-US", False).NumberFormat

      ' Displays a negative value with the default number of decimal digits (2).
      Dim myInt As Int64 = - 1234
      Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("N", nfi))

      ' Displays the same value with four decimal digits.
      nfi.NumberDecimalDigits = 4
      Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("N", nfi))

   End Sub 'Main 

End Class 'NumberFormatInfoSample



'This code produces the following output.

'

'-1,234.00

'-1,234.0000

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class NumberFormatInfoSample {

   public static void Main() {

      // Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture.
      NumberFormatInfo nfi = new CultureInfo( "en-US", false ).NumberFormat;

      // Displays a negative value with the default number of decimal digits (2).
      Int64 myInt = -1234;
      Console.WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "N", nfi ) );

      // Displays the same value with four decimal digits.
      nfi.NumberDecimalDigits = 4;
      Console.WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "N", nfi ) );

   }
}


/* 
This code produces the following output.

-1,234.00
-1,234.0000
*/

Visual C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
int main()
{

   // Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture.
   CultureInfo^ MyCI = gcnew CultureInfo( "en-US",false );
   NumberFormatInfo^ nfi = MyCI->NumberFormat;

   // Displays a negative value with the default number of decimal digits (2).
   Int64 myInt = -1234;
   Console::WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "N", nfi ) );

   // Displays the same value with four decimal digits.
   nfi->NumberDecimalDigits = 4;
   Console::WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "N", nfi ) );
}

/* 
This code produces the following output.
-1, 234.00
-1, 234.0000
*/

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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

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