Double.ToString Method (String, IFormatProvider)
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Converts the numeric value of this instance to its equivalent string representation using the specified format and culture-specific format information.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- format
- Type: System.String
A standard or custom numeric format string (see Remarks).
- provider
- Type: System.IFormatProvider
An IFormatProvider that supplies culture-specific formatting information.
Return Value
Type: System.StringThe string representation of the value of this instance as specified by format and provider.
Implements
IFormattable.ToString(String, IFormatProvider)The return value can be PositiveInfinitySymbol, NegativeInfinitySymbol, NaNSymbol, or the string representation of a number, as specified by format.
The format parameter can be any valid standard numeric format specifier except for D and X, as well as any combination of custom numeric format specifiers. If format is null or an empty string, the return value for this instance 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 GetFormat method returns a NumberFormatInfo object. Typically, provider is a CultureInfo object or a NumberFormatInfo object. The provider parameter supplies culture-specific information used in formatting. If provider is null, the return value is formatted using the NumberFormatInfo object for the current culture.
By default, the return value only contains 15 digits of precision although a maximum of 17 digits is maintained internally. If the value of this instance has greater than 15 digits, ToString returns PositiveInfinitySymbol or NegativeInfinitySymbol instead of the expected number. If you require more precision, specify format with the "G17" format specification, which always returns 17 digits of precision, or "R", which returns 15 digits if the number can be represented with that precision or 17 digits if the number can only be represented with maximum precision.
The provider parameter is an IFormatProvider instance that obtains a NumberFormatInfo object that supplies culture-specific format information. If provider is null, the return value is formatted with NumberFormatInfo data for the current culture.
The following example displays a Double value using each of the supported standard numeric format specifiers for several different cultures.
double value = 16325.62901; string specifier; CultureInfo culture; // Use standard numeric format specifiers. specifier = "G"; culture = new CultureInfo("eu-ES"); outputBlock.Text += value.ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: 16325,62901 outputBlock.Text += value.ToString(specifier, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + "\n"; // Displays: 16325.62901 specifier = "C"; culture = new CultureInfo("en-US"); outputBlock.Text += value.ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: $16,325.63 culture = new CultureInfo("en-GB"); outputBlock.Text += value.ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: £16,325.63 specifier = "E04"; culture = new CultureInfo("sv-SE"); outputBlock.Text += value.ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: 1,6326E+004 culture = new CultureInfo("en-NZ"); outputBlock.Text += value.ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: 1.6326E+004 specifier = "F"; culture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR"); outputBlock.Text += value.ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: 16325,63 culture = new CultureInfo("en-CA"); outputBlock.Text += value.ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: 16325.63 specifier = "N"; culture = new CultureInfo("es-ES"); outputBlock.Text += value.ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: 16.325,63 culture = new CultureInfo("fr-CA"); outputBlock.Text += value.ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: 16 325,63 specifier = "P"; culture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture; outputBlock.Text += (value / 10000).ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: 163.26 % culture = new CultureInfo("ar-EG"); outputBlock.Text += (value / 10000).ToString(specifier, culture) + "\n"; // Displays: 163.256 %
The following example illustrates the use of ToString, taking a String and an IFormatProvider as parameters:
public class Temperature : IFormattable { // IFormattable.ToString implementation. public string ToString(string format, IFormatProvider provider) { if (format != null) { if (format.Equals("F")) { return String.Format("{0}'F", this.Value.ToString()); } if (format.Equals("C")) { return String.Format("{0}'C", this.Celsius.ToString()); } } return m_value.ToString(format, provider); } // The value holder protected double m_value; public double Value { get { return m_value; } set { m_value = value; } } public double Celsius { get { return (m_value - 32.0) / 1.8; } set { m_value = 1.8 * value + 32.0; } } }