Decimal.ToString Method
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Converts the numeric value of this instance to its equivalent string representation.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The return value is formatted with the general numeric format specifier ("G"), and the NumberFormatInfo object for the current culture. To define the formatting of the decimal value's string representation, call the Decimal.ToString(String) method. To define the culture whose formatting is used in the decimal value's string representation, call the Decimal.ToString(IFormatProvider) method. To define both the format specifiers and culture used in creating the string representation of a decimal value, call the Decimal.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) method.
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 following example displays a Decimal value using the default ToString() method. It also displays the string representations of the Decimal value that result from using a number of standard format specifiers.
decimal value = -16325.62m; // Display value using default ToString method. outputBlock.Text += value.ToString() + "\n"; // Displays -16325.62 // Display value using some standard format specifiers. outputBlock.Text += value.ToString("G") + "\n"; // Displays -16325.62 outputBlock.Text += value.ToString("C") + "\n"; // Displays ($16,325.62) outputBlock.Text += value.ToString("F") + "\n"; // Displays -16325.62
The following example displays the amount of money in an account.