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Use the FormatCurrency function in Visual
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  Banners   The FormatCurrency function returns a formatted string
  representation for a number representing currency. It is
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very similar to FormatNumber except it adds the system's
Tip Jar currency symbol to the result. The syntax is:
 
C# Helper... FormatCurrency(expression _
[, digits_after_decimal] _
  [, include_leading_zero] _
[, use_parens_if_negative] _
[, groups_digits] )

Where:

  expression
The numeric expression to format

digits_after_decimal
The number of digits to display after the decimal
point

include_leading_zero
  If the number is less than 1 and greater than -1,
MSDN Visual determines whether the number should have a
Basic Community leading 0 before the decimal point.
  use_parens_if_negative
Determines whether negative numbers are
surrounded with parentheses instead of using a
minus sign.

groups_digits
Determines whether digits to the left of the decimal
point are grouped with thousands separators
  (commas in the United States).

  Examples (in the United States):

 
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  Expression Result
FormatCurrency(1.23456, 2) $1.23
FormatCurrency(0.123456, 2,
$.12
TriState.False)
FormatCurrency(0.123456, 2,
$0.12
TriState.True)
FormatCurrency(-12345.12, ,
$-12,345.12
TriState.False)
FormatCurrency(-12345.12, ,
($12,345.12)
TriState.True)
FormatCurrency(-12345.12, ,
($12345.12)
TriState.True, TriState.False)

This example uses the following code to display these

examples in a TextBox.
 
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal _
e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim txt As String
Dim x As Single

x = 1.23456
txt &= "FormatCurrency(" & x.ToString() & ", 3) = " & _
FormatCurrency(x, 2) & vbCrLf

x = 0.123456
txt &= "FormatCurrency(" & x.ToString() & ", 4, " & _
"TriState.false) = " & FormatCurrency(x, 2, _
TriState.False) & vbCrLf
txt &= "FormatCurrency(" & x.ToString() & ", 4, " & _
"TriState.True) = " & FormatCurrency(x, 2, _
TriState.True) & vbCrLf

x = -12345.12345
txt &= "FormatCurrency(" & x.ToString() & ", , " & _
"TriState.False) = " & FormatCurrency(x, 2, , _
TriState.False) & vbCrLf
txt &= "FormatCurrency(" & x.ToString() & ", , " & _
"TriState.True) = " & FormatCurrency(x, 2, , _
TriState.True) & vbCrLf
txt &= "FormatCurrency(" & x.ToString() & ", , " & _
"TriState.True, TriState.False) = " & _
FormatCurrency(x, 2, , TriState.True, _
TriState.False) & vbCrLf

txtResult.Text = txt
txtResult.Select(0, 0)
End Sub
 

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