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CharUnicodeInfo::GetNumericValue Method (String^, Int32)

 

Gets the numeric value associated with the character at the specified index of the specified string.

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

public:
static double GetNumericValue(
	String^ s,
	int index
)

Parameters

s
Type: System::String^

The String containing the Unicode character for which to get the numeric value.

index
Type: System::Int32

The index of the Unicode character for which to get the numeric value.

Return Value

Type: System::Double

The numeric value associated with the character at the specified index of the specified string.

-or-

-1, if the character at the specified index of the specified string is not a numeric character.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

s is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index is outside the range of valid indexes in s.

Numeric value is a Unicode character property that applies only to numeric characters, which include fractions, subscripts, superscripts, Roman numerals, currency numerators, encircled numbers, and script-specific digits. For more information on Unicode characters, see the Unicode Standard.

If the Char object at position index is the first character of a valid surrogate pair, the GetNumericValue(String^, Int32) method determines whether the surrogate pair forms a numeric digit, and, if it does, returns its numeric value. For example, the Aegean numbering system consists of code points U+10107 through U+10133. The following example uses the ConvertFromUtf32 method to instantiate a string that represents each Aegean number. As the output from the example shows, the GetNumericValue(String^, Int32) method returns the correct numeric value if it is passed the high surrogate of an Aegean number. However, if it is passed the low surrogate, it considers only the low surrogate in isolation and returns -1.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

The following code example shows the values returned by each method for different types of characters.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
int main()
{

   // The String to get information for.
   String^ s = "a9\u0393\u00B2\u00BC\u0BEF\u0BF0\u2788";
   Console::WriteLine( "String: {0}", s );

   // Print the values for each of the characters in the string.
   Console::WriteLine( "index c  Num   Dig   Dec   UnicodeCategory" );
   for ( int i = 0; i < s->Length; i++ )
   {
      Console::Write( "{0,-5} {1,-3}", i, s[ i ] );
      Console::Write( " {0,-5}", CharUnicodeInfo::GetNumericValue( s, i ) );
      Console::Write( " {0,-5}", CharUnicodeInfo::GetDigitValue( s, i ) );
      Console::Write( " {0,-5}", CharUnicodeInfo::GetDecimalDigitValue( s, i ) );
      Console::WriteLine( "{0}", CharUnicodeInfo::GetUnicodeCategory( s, i ) );

   }
}

/*
This code produces the following output.  Some characters might not display at the console.

String: a9\u0393\u00B2\u00BC\u0BEF\u0BF0\u2788
index c  Num   Dig   Dec   UnicodeCategory
0     a   -1    -1    -1   LowercaseLetter
1     9   9     9     9    DecimalDigitNumber
2     \u0393   -1    -1    -1   UppercaseLetter
3     \u00B2   2     2     2    OtherNumber
4     \u00BC   0.25  -1    -1   OtherNumber
5     \u0BEF   9     9     9    DecimalDigitNumber
6     \u0BF0   10    -1    -1   OtherNumber
7     \u2788   9     9     -1   OtherNumber

*/

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