NumberFormatInfo::NumberDecimalSeparator Property
Gets or sets the string to use as the decimal separator in numeric values.
Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public: property String^ NumberDecimalSeparator { String^ get (); void set (String^ value); }
Property Value
Type: System::StringThe string to use as the decimal separator in numeric values. The default for InvariantInfo is ".".
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | The property is being set to nullptr. |
| InvalidOperationException | The property is being set and the NumberFormatInfo object is read-only. |
| ArgumentException | The property is being set to an empty string. |
The NumberDecimalSeparator property is used with the "E", "F", "G", "N", and "R" standard format strings to define the symbol that separates integral from fractional digits. For more information, see Standard Numeric Format Strings.
The initial value of this property is derived from the settings in the Region and Language item in Control Panel.
The following example demonstrates the effect of changing the NumberDecimalSeparator property.
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 value with the default separator (S"."). Int64 myInt = 123456789; Console::WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "N", nfi ) ); // Displays the same value with a blank as the separator. nfi->NumberDecimalSeparator = " "; Console::WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "N", nfi ) ); } /* This code produces the following output. 123, 456, 789.00 123, 456, 789 00 */
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.
