// This code example demonstrates the ToString(String) and 
// ToString(String, IFormatProvider) methods for integral and
// floating-point numbers, in conjunction with the standard 
// numeric format specifiers.
// This code example uses the System.Int32 integral type and 
// the System.Double floating-point type, but would yield 
// similar results for any of the numeric types. The integral 
// numeric types are System.Byte, SByte, Int16, Int32, Int64, 
// UInt16, UInt32, and UInt64. The floating-point numeric types 
// are Decimal, Single, and Double.

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
// Format a negative integer or floating-point number in various ways.
    int    integralVal = -12345;
    double floatingVal = -1234.567d;

    string msgCurrency =    "(C) Currency: . . . . . . ";
    string msgDecimal  =    "(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . ";
    string msgScientific =  "(E) Scientific: . . . . . ";
    string msgFixedPoint =  "(F) Fixed point:. . . . . ";
    string msgGeneral =     "(G) General (default):. . ";
    string msgNumber =      "(N) Number: . . . . . . . ";
    string msgPercent =     "(P) Percent:. . . . . . . ";
    string msgRoundTrip =   "(R) Round-trip: . . . . . ";
    string msgHexadecimal = "(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . ";

    string msg1 = "Use ToString(String) and the current thread culture.\n";
    string msg2 = "Use ToString(String, IFormatProvider) and a specified culture.\n";
    string msgCulture     = "Culture:";
    string msgIntegralVal = "Integral value:";
    string msgFloatingVal = "Floating-point value:";

    CultureInfo ci;
//
    Console.Clear();
    Console.WriteLine("Standard Numeric Format Specifiers:\n");
// Display the values.
    Console.WriteLine(msg1);

// Display the thread current culture, which is used to format the values.
    ci = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
    Console.WriteLine("{0,-26}{1}", msgCulture, ci.DisplayName);

// Display the integral and floating-point values.
    Console.WriteLine("{0,-26}{1}", msgIntegralVal, integralVal);
    Console.WriteLine("{0,-26}{1}", msgFloatingVal, floatingVal);
    Console.WriteLine();

// Use the format specifiers that are only for integral types.
    Console.WriteLine("Format specifiers only for integral types:");
    Console.WriteLine(msgDecimal     + integralVal.ToString("D"));
    Console.WriteLine(msgHexadecimal + integralVal.ToString("X"));
    Console.WriteLine();

// Use the format specifier that is only for the Single and Double 
// floating-point types.
    Console.WriteLine("Format specifier only for the Single and Double types:");
    Console.WriteLine(msgRoundTrip   + floatingVal.ToString("R"));
    Console.WriteLine();

// Use the format specifiers that are for integral or floating-point types.
    Console.WriteLine("Format specifiers for integral or floating-point types:");
    Console.WriteLine(msgCurrency    + floatingVal.ToString("C"));
    Console.WriteLine(msgScientific  + floatingVal.ToString("E"));
    Console.WriteLine(msgFixedPoint  + floatingVal.ToString("F"));
    Console.WriteLine(msgGeneral     + floatingVal.ToString("G"));
    Console.WriteLine(msgNumber      + floatingVal.ToString("N"));
    Console.WriteLine(msgPercent     + floatingVal.ToString("P"));
    Console.WriteLine();

// Display the same values using a CultureInfo object. The CultureInfo class 
// implements IFormatProvider.
    Console.WriteLine(msg2);

// Display the culture used to format the values. 
// Create a European culture and change its currency symbol to "euro" because 
// this particular code example uses a thread current UI culture that cannot 
// display the euro symbol (£á).
    ci = new CultureInfo("de-DE");
    ci.NumberFormat.CurrencySymbol = "euro";
    Console.WriteLine("{0,-26}{1}", msgCulture, ci.DisplayName);

// Display the integral and floating-point values.
    Console.WriteLine("{0,-26}{1}", msgIntegralVal, integralVal);
    Console.WriteLine("{0,-26}{1}", msgFloatingVal, floatingVal);
    Console.WriteLine();

// Use the format specifiers that are only for integral types.
    Console.WriteLine("Format specifiers only for integral types:");
    Console.WriteLine(msgDecimal     + integralVal.ToString("D", ci));
    Console.WriteLine(msgHexadecimal + integralVal.ToString("X", ci));
    Console.WriteLine();

// Use the format specifier that is only for the Single and Double 
// floating-point types.
    Console.WriteLine("Format specifier only for the Single and Double types:");
    Console.WriteLine(msgRoundTrip   + floatingVal.ToString("R", ci));
    Console.WriteLine();

// Use the format specifiers that are for integral or floating-point types.
    Console.WriteLine("Format specifiers for integral or floating-point types:");
    Console.WriteLine(msgCurrency    + floatingVal.ToString("C", ci));
    Console.WriteLine(msgScientific  + floatingVal.ToString("E", ci));
    Console.WriteLine(msgFixedPoint  + floatingVal.ToString("F", ci));
    Console.WriteLine(msgGeneral     + floatingVal.ToString("G", ci));
    Console.WriteLine(msgNumber      + floatingVal.ToString("N", ci));
    Console.WriteLine(msgPercent     + floatingVal.ToString("P", ci));
    Console.WriteLine();
    }
}
/*
This code example produces the following results:

Standard Numeric Format Specifiers:

Use ToString(String) and the current thread culture.

Culture:                  English (United States)
Integral value:           -12345
Floating-point value:     -1234.567

Format specifiers only for integral types:
(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . -12345
(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . FFFFCFC7

Format specifier only for the Single and Double types:
(R) Round-trip: . . . . . -1234.567

Format specifiers for integral or floating-point types:
(C) Currency: . . . . . . ($1,234.57)
(E) Scientific: . . . . . -1.234567E+003
(F) Fixed point:. . . . . -1234.57
(G) General (default):. . -1234.567
(N) Number: . . . . . . . -1,234.57
(P) Percent:. . . . . . . -123,456.70 %

Use ToString(String, IFormatProvider) and a specified culture.

Culture:                  German (Germany)
Integral value:           -12345
Floating-point value:     -1234.567

Format specifiers only for integral types:
(D) Decimal:. . . . . . . -12345
(X) Hexadecimal:. . . . . FFFFCFC7

Format specifier only for the Single and Double types:
(R) Round-trip: . . . . . -1234,567

Format specifiers for integral or floating-point types:
(C) Currency: . . . . . . -1.234,57 euro
(E) Scientific: . . . . . -1,234567E+003
(F) Fixed point:. . . . . -1234,57
(G) General (default):. . -1234,567
(N) Number: . . . . . . . -1.234,57
(P) Percent:. . . . . . . -123.456,70%

*/