PercentDecimalSeparator Property

NumberFormatInfo.PercentDecimalSeparator 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 percent values.

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

'Declaration
Public Property PercentDecimalSeparator As String

Property Value

Type: System.String
The string to use as the decimal separator in percent 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 PercentDecimalSeparator 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 [Double] = 0.1234
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("P", nfi)) & vbCrLf

      ' Displays the same value with a blank as the separator.
      nfi.PercentDecimalSeparator = " "
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(myInt.ToString("P", nfi)) & vbCrLf
   End Sub  
End Class 
'This code produces the following output.
'       12.34 %
'       12 34 %


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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