Decimal group seperator for the fractional part

Question

I wonder what would be the best way to format numbers so that the NumberGroupSeparator would work not only on the integer part to the left of the comma, but also on the fractional part, on the right of the comma.

Math.PI.ToString("###,###,##0.0##,###,###,###")  // As documented ..
                                                // ..this doesn't work
3.14159265358979                                // result
3.141,592,653,589,79                            // desired result

As documented on MSDN the NumberGroupSeparator works only to the left of the comma. I wonder why??

Answer 1

OK, not my strong side, but I guess this may be my best bet:

 string input = Math.PI.ToString();
 string decSeparator = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread
                      .CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSeparator;
 Regex RX = new Regex(@"([0-9]{3})");
 string result  = RX.Replace(input , @"$1" + decSeparator);

Thanks for listening..