CurrencyDecimalSeparator Property

NumberFormatInfo.CurrencyDecimalSeparator Property

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

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

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

'Declaration
Public Property CurrencyDecimalSeparator As String

Property Value

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

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

The property is being set to Nothing.

InvalidOperationException

The property is being set and the NumberFormatInfo object is read-only.

ArgumentException

The property is being set to an empty string.

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


Imports System.Globalization

Class Example


   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)

      ' Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture.
      Dim nfi As NumberFormatInfo = New CultureInfo("en-US").NumberFormat

      ' Displays a value with the default separator (".").
      Dim myInt As Int64 = 123456789
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("C", nfi)) & vbCrLf

      ' Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
      nfi.CurrencyDecimalSeparator = " "
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("C", nfi)) & vbCrLf

   End Sub 
End Class 
' 
' This code produces the following output.
' 
'    $123,456,789.00
'    $123,456,789 00
' 


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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