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How do I show numbers with 5 fixed digits with leading zeroes

int _num1 = 123;
int _num2 = 45;
int _num3 = 123456;

String.Format("{0:00000}", _num1); //"00123"
       String.Format("{0:00000}",   _num2); //"00045"
       String.Format("{0:00000}", _num3); //"123456"

String.Format("{0:d5}", _num1); //"00123"
       String.Format("{0:d5}", _num2);   //"00045"
       String.Format("{0:d5}", _num3); //"123456"

Can I substitute a string for a value?

Yes:

String.Format("{0:yes;;no}", value)

This will print "no" if value is 0, "yes" if value is 1.

What’s the most efficient way to convert a type into a string?

Double testDouble = 19.95;

String testString1 = String.Format("{0:C}", testDouble); // Boxing operation required.

String testString2 = testDouble.ToString(”C”); // No boxing operation required.

How can I format as percentage without having the number multiplied by 100?

Put a single quote (’) before the % in the format string.

myString.Format("{0:##.00′%", 1.23);

This will yield "1.23%".

Can I convert a number with a thousand separator to an int?

Yes - no matter what thousand separator is in use for your locale.

int x = int.Parse("1,345"); // fails

int x = int.Parse("1,345",System.Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowThousands)

This gives you an x of 1345.

How can I use curly brackets within a formatted number?

Yes - doubling them escapes them. For example:

string.format("{{SomeString}}={0}","Hello");
will produce: "{SomeString}=Hellow"

How can I convert from currency back to a number?

You can add the bitmapped values of the Globalization.NumberStyles enumeration.

// format double to currency
str = string.Format("{0:c}", pmt);

// parse currency formatted string to   double
double.Parse(str,   Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol +
   Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint +
   Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowThousands);

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What’s a good way to format currency?

double val = 4219.6;
str = string.Format("{0:$#,#.00;Call Us;Call Us}", val); 

This will return "$4,219.60". The .00 will force 2 decimals and the “;Call Us;Call Us” to show the text “Call Us” in place of negative and null values respectively. (Just in case)

How do I format an integer, with commas for thousands?

string str = string.Format("{0:#,0}", intValue); 

How can I format a phone number to look like 800.555.1212?

There’s no direct way to do this; however you can get dashes in the output. So you can do this:

string tempStr = String.Format(”{0:###-###-####}”, 8005551212);
string result =tempStr.Replace(’-',’.');