Decimal::ToString Method (IFormatProvider)
Converts the numeric value of this instance to its equivalent string representation using the specified culture-specific format information.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- provider
- Type: System::IFormatProvider
An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.
Return Value
Type: System::StringThe string representation of the value of this instance as specified by provider.
Implements
IConvertible::ToString(IFormatProvider)The return value 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 IFormatProvider::GetFormat method returns a NumberFormatInfo object. Typically, provider is a NumberFormatInfo object or a CultureInfo object. The provider parameter supplies culture-specific information used in formatting. If provider is nullptr, the thread current culture is used.
To convert a Decimal value to its string representation using a specified culture and a specific format string, call the Decimal::ToString(String, IFormatProvider) method.
The following example displays the string representation of a Decimal value using CultureInfo objects that represent several different cultures.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.