NumberFormatInfo::CurrencyDecimalSeparator Property

.NET Framework (current version)

Gets or sets the string to use as the decimal separator in currency values.

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

Syntax

public:
property String^ CurrencyDecimalSeparator {
	String^ get();
	void set(String^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

The string to use as the decimal separator in currency values. The default for InvariantInfo is ".".

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The property is being set to null.
InvalidOperationException	The property is being set and the NumberFormatInfo object is read-only.
ArgumentException	The property is being set to an empty string.

Remarks

The initial value of this property is derived from the settings in the Region and Language item in Control Panel.

The CurrencyDecimalSeparator property is used with the "C" standard format string to define the symbol that separates integral from fractional digits. For more information, see Standard Numeric Format Strings.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the effect of changing the CurrencyDecimalSeparator property.

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 value with the default separator (S".").
   Int64 myInt = 123456789;
   Console::WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "C", nfi ) );

   // Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
   nfi->CurrencyDecimalSeparator = " ";
   Console::WriteLine( myInt.ToString( "C", nfi ) );
}

/* 
This code produces the following output.

$123, 456, 789.00
$123, 456, 789 00
*/

Version Information

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1