C# Numeric formatting question

Question

Hi, I have these numbers:

5.25
10251.35
5

and I want them to be formatted with groups and always with 2 decimals ,XX

this is what .ToString("N2") does:

5,25
10.251,35
5

How can i make the '5' look like 5,00 too ? And for multiple cultures of course (en: 5.0, de: 5,0 ...)

In fact this question has no sense, N2 should do it at all costs. The problem was in my WebServer.

Answer 1

Isn't this working for you:

decimal d = 5m;
string formatted = d.ToString("N2");

This will use the current culture, but you could specify one:

string formatted = d.ToString("N2", new CultureInfo("fr-FR"));

Answer 2

.ToString("{0:#,0.00}")

Note: although this uses US grouping & decimal symbols, the result will be locale aware, assuming that either your current user locale is set correctly or you pass a locale into ToString().

Answer 3

IIRC:

toString("0:0.00");

MSDN

Answer 4

With the format you have (Fixed-point), you should use:

.ToString("F2");

You have all the format here: MSDN