NumberGroupSeparator Property

NumberFormatInfo.NumberGroupSeparator 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 that separates groups of digits to the left of the decimal in numeric values.

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

'Declaration
Public Property NumberGroupSeparator As String

Property Value

Type: System.String
The string that separates groups of digits to the left of the decimal in numeric 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.

The following example demonstrates the effect of changing the NumberGroupSeparator 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("N", nfi)) & vbCrLf

      ' Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
      nfi.NumberGroupSeparator = " "
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("N", nfi)) & vbCrLf
   End Sub 
End Class 
' This example 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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