UInt16.ToString Method (IFormatProvider)

Parameters

• provider
  Type: System.IFormatProvider
  An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The string representation of the value of this instance, which consists of a sequence of digits ranging from 0 to 9, without a sign or leading zeros.

Imports System.Globalization

Module Example
   Public Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      ' Define an array of CultureInfo objects.
      Dim ci() As CultureInfo = {New CultureInfo("en-US"), _
                                  New CultureInfo("fr-FR"), _
                                  CultureInfo.InvariantCulture}
      Dim value As UInt16 = 18924
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("  {0,12}   {1,12}   {2,12}", _
                        GetName(ci(0)), GetName(ci(1)), GetName(ci(2))) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("  {0,12}   {1,12}   {2,12}", _
                        value.ToString(ci(0)), value.ToString(ci(1)), value.ToString(ci(2))) & vbCrLf

   End Sub

   Private Function GetName(ByVal ci As CultureInfo) As String
      If ci.Equals(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) Then
         Return "Invariant"
      Else
         Return ci.Name
      End If
   End Function
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'         en-US          fr-FR      Invariant
'         18924          18924          18924

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      // Define an array of CultureInfo objects.
      CultureInfo[] ci = { new CultureInfo("en-US"), 
                           new CultureInfo("fr-FR"), 
                           CultureInfo.InvariantCulture };
      UInt16 value = 18924;
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("  {0,12}   {1,12}   {2,12}",
                        GetName(ci[0]), GetName(ci[1]), GetName(ci[2])) + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("  {0,12}   {1,12}   {2,12}",
                        value.ToString(ci[0]), value.ToString(ci[1]), value.ToString(ci[2])) + "\n";
   }

   private static string GetName(CultureInfo ci)
   {
      if (ci.Equals(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
         return "Invariant";
      else
         return ci.Name;
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//          en-US          fr-FR      Invariant
//          18924          18924          18924