ToString Method (String, IFormatProvider)
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Guid.ToString Method (String, IFormatProvider)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Returns a String representation of the value of this instance of the Guid class, according to the provided format specifier and culture-specific format information.

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

public string ToString(
	string format,
	IFormatProvider provider
)

Parameters

format
Type: System.String
A single format specifier that indicates how to format the value of this Guid. The format parameter can be "N", "D", "B", or "P". If format is null or the empty string (""), "D" is used.
provider
Type: System.IFormatProvider
(Reserved) An IFormatProvider reference that supplies culture-specific formatting services.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The value of this Guid, represented as a series of lowercase hexadecimal digits in the specified format.

Implements

IFormattable.ToString(String, IFormatProvider)

ExceptionCondition
FormatException

The value of format is not null, the empty string (""), "N", "D", "B", or "P".

The format parameter can contain the following format specifiers. In the table that follows, all digits in the return value are hexadecimal. Each character 'x' represents a hexadecimal digit; each hyphen ('-'), bracket ('{', '}'), and parenthesis ('(', ')') appears as shown.

Specifier

Format of Return Value

N

32 digits:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

D

32 digits separated by hyphens:

xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

B

32 digits separated by hyphens, enclosed in brackets:

{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}

P

32 digits separated by hyphens, enclosed in parentheses:

(xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx)

The provider parameter is reserved for future use and does not contribute to the execution of this method. A null reference can be coded for this parameter.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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