NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo Property
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Gets the default read-only NumberFormatInfo object that is culture-independent (invariant).
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfoThe default read-only NumberFormatInfo object that is culture-independent (invariant).
The following example displays the default property values of the InvariantInfo object.
Imports System.Globalization Imports System.Text Class Example Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) ' Gets the InvariantInfo. Dim myInv As NumberFormatInfo = NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo ' Gets a UnicodeEncoding to display the Unicode value of symbols. Dim myUE As New UnicodeEncoding(True, False) Dim myCodes() As Byte ' Displays the default values for each of the properties. outputBlock.Text &= "InvariantInfo:" & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Note: Symbols might not display correctly,") & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format("therefore, Unicode values are included.") & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyDecimalDigits" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyDecimalDigits) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyDecimalSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyDecimalSeparator) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyGroupSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyGroupSeparator) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyGroupSizes" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyGroupSizes(0)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyNegativePattern" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyNegativePattern) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyPositivePattern" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyPositivePattern) & vbCrLf myCodes = myUE.GetBytes(myInv.CurrencySymbol) outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencySymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}" + ControlChars.Tab + "(U+{1:x2}{2:x2})", myInv.CurrencySymbol, myCodes(0), myCodes(1)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "NaNSymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NaNSymbol) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "NegativeInfinitySymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NegativeInfinitySymbol) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "NegativeSign" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NegativeSign) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "NumberDecimalDigits" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NumberDecimalDigits) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "NumberDecimalSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NumberDecimalSeparator) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "NumberGroupSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NumberGroupSeparator) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "NumberGroupSizes" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NumberGroupSizes(0)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "NumberNegativePattern" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NumberNegativePattern) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentDecimalDigits" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentDecimalDigits) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentDecimalSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentDecimalSeparator) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentGroupSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentGroupSeparator) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentGroupSizes" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentGroupSizes(0)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentNegativePattern" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentNegativePattern) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentPositivePattern" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentPositivePattern) & vbCrLf myCodes = myUE.GetBytes(myInv.PercentSymbol) outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentSymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}" + ControlChars.Tab + "(U+{1:x2}{2:x2})", myInv.PercentSymbol, myCodes(0), myCodes(1)) & vbCrLf myCodes = myUE.GetBytes(myInv.PerMilleSymbol) outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "PerMilleSymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}" + ControlChars.Tab + "(U+{1:x2}{2:x2})", myInv.PerMilleSymbol, myCodes(0), myCodes(1)) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "PositiveInfinitySymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PositiveInfinitySymbol) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format(ControlChars.Tab + "PositiveSign" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PositiveSign) & vbCrLf End Sub 'Main End Class 'SamplesNumberFormatInfo ' This code produces the following output. ' ' InvariantInfo: ' Note: Symbols might not display correctly, ' therefore, Unicode values are included. ' CurrencyDecimalDigits 2 ' CurrencyDecimalSeparator . ' CurrencyGroupSeparator , ' CurrencyGroupSizes 3 ' CurrencyNegativePattern 0 ' CurrencyPositivePattern 0 ' CurrencySymbol (U+00a4) ' NaNSymbol NaN ' NegativeInfinitySymbol -Infinity ' NegativeSign - ' NumberDecimalDigits 2 ' NumberDecimalSeparator . ' NumberGroupSeparator , ' NumberGroupSizes 3 ' NumberNegativePattern 1 ' PercentDecimalDigits 2 ' PercentDecimalSeparator . ' PercentGroupSeparator , ' PercentGroupSizes 3 ' PercentNegativePattern 0 ' PercentPositivePattern 0 ' PercentSymbol % (U+0025) ' PerMilleSymbol % (U+2030) ' PositiveInfinitySymbol Infinity ' PositiveSign +
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