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NumberFormatInfo.CurrencySymbol Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets the string to use as the currency symbol.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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public string CurrencySymbol { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The string to use as the currency symbol. The default for InvariantInfo is "¤".
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

The property is being set to null.

InvalidOperationException

The property is being set and the NumberFormatInfo object is read-only.

The string assigned to the CurrencySymbol property is included in the result string when a numeric value is formatted with the "C" standard numeric format specifier.

The following example demonstrates the CurrencySymbol property. This example is part of a larger example provided for the NumberFormatInfo class.

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// Display the culture name and currency symbol.
NumberFormatInfo nfi = ci.NumberFormat;
sb.AppendFormat("The currency symbol for '{0}' is '{1}'",
    ci.DisplayName, nfi.CurrencySymbol);
sb.AppendLine();

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

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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