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Number of time the end user / client require to display numeric data in different format. In this
post I am going to discuss about the various type of the custom format that provided by
C#.net to achieve requirement. Here I am going to discuss each format one by one

"0" Custom Specifier

ToS ring("00000") - format put the leading 0 when number get display if digits in number less
than the number of zero specified. when the below code is get executed output display 01234
because the number of digit less than the number of zero.

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double value;
value = 1234;
Console.WriteLine("Format 1: " + value.ToString("00000"));
Console.WriteLine();

ToS ring("00.00") - format do same thing as above replace zero if the number digit less , but
the zero after decimal point allows to display digit equals number of zero after decimal if the
number of digit less than display zero in place of that. output of the following code is 01.24 i.e
only 2 digit allowed after decimal point. Note : - decimal point is display as per specified
culture.
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value = 1.235;
Console.WriteLine("Format 2: " + value.ToString("00.00",
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
Console.WriteLine();

ToS ring("0,0") - format cause to display comma between number. here when the following
code is get executed , is get display after every three digit 1,234,567,890. Note : - in this
comma get replace by the culture.
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value = 1234567890;
Console.WriteLine("Format 3: " + value.ToString("0,0",
CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
Console.WriteLine();

ToS ring("0,0.0") - format is combination of above format.

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value = 1234567890.123456;
Console.WriteLine("Format 4: " + value.ToString("0,0.0", Related Articles
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Formatted Logs
C ulture Specific Number Formatting
in ASP.NET
Format a number (with commas) in
SQL
XFormatNumber - A function to
format numbers with commas
C onvert numbers to words in
"#" C om Specifie English and Asian format
BitmaskC trl - Display and edit a
This specifier does same thing as "0" specifier do but the basic difference is it doesn't anything number as a bitmask
if the number is no equal to # where as "0" specifier replace 0 if digit not exists.
Number Validation and Formatting
using Javascript
ToS ring("#####") or ToS ring("#") - format allow to replace each digit by #, output of
JavaScript Number Parsing and
below code execution is 9867752985 which is differ from "0" specifier.
Formatting for Multicultural
Environments
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Telephone Numbers in SQL Server
value = 9867752985; 2005: Part 2 – Formatting
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("#####")); Display line number in Visual Studio
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("#"));
DataPager with Displaying Record
Console.WriteLine(); Number - Silverlight
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Below code does same as above but format number by replace each # by each digit. so the
Formatting your numbers
output of the code is 98-67-75.
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value = 986775; and bytes expressions
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("[##-##-##]")); A Number of Reusable PE File
Console.WriteLine(); Format Scanning Functions

Below code execution again format number and output display it as (986) 77-52985
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value = 9867752985;
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("(###) ###-####"));
Console.WriteLine();

Output

"." Custom Specifier

This specifier is already discuss with the "0" specifier this useful to display numeric number if
the digit is not present than 0 get display on that place i.e at the start or end. so the output
of below code is "01.20" and if I set value = 12 than the output is "12.00". But here I set
culture info so that output is "01,20" so "." get replace by ",".

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value=1.2
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("00.00",CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("da-DK")));

"%" Custom Specifier

Format cause the number to display with "%" and multiply number with 100. so if the number is
0.86 after applying % specifier it get display as "8.6%" if the number is 86 than output will be
"8600%". Below code execution does the same thing

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value = .086;
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("#0.##%", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
Console.WriteLine();

value = .869;
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("00.##%", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
Console.WriteLine();

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value = 86;
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("#0.##%", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
Console.WriteLine();

Output

" " Custom Specifier

per mille character ( or \u2030) format multiply the number by 1000. So the output of below
code execution is 3.54 . But I don't think this format is useful somewhere.

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value = .00354;
string perMilleFmt = "#0.## " + '\u2030';
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString(perMilleFmt, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));

"E" and "e" Custom Specifiers

This cause number to be display in scientific notation format with the "E or e" symbol.

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value = 86000;
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("0.###E+0", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
Console.WriteLine();

Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("0.###E+000", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
Console.WriteLine();

value = -80;
Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("0.###E-000", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
Console.WriteLine();

Output

";" Section Separator

This allow to display number according to number sign. As you can see in below code the fmt
variable which is format I am going to apply on my number here first format before ; is for
positive number , second format is for negative number and last format is for the zero value.
Basically its "Positive;negative;zero" format. You can see the what it does in output of this
code.

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double posValue = 1234;
double negValue = -1234;
double eroValue = 0;

string fmt = "+##;-##;**Zero**";

Console.WriteLine("value is positive : " + posValue.ToString(fmt));

Console.WriteLine();

Console.WriteLine("value is negative : " +negValue.ToString(fmt));

Console.WriteLine();

Console.WriteLine("value is Zero : " + eroValue.ToString(fmt));

Console.WriteLine();

Output

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