I have the format string ######.00 used for formatting decimals in C#. I need to change it so that it omits the period but keeps the digits following the period. Can I accomplish this just by changing the format? I've searched, but haven't been able to find a solution online.
I found this answer to a very similar question, but it involves multiplying the decimal by 100 before formatting it. I'm not able to manipulate the number going in, nor the resulting string because I don't have access to them. This is because we're using a function from a third-party library that fetches the number from elsewhere and displays it formatted to the UI. I can only provide it with a format string. (If manipulating the number or resulting string is the only way to get it in the format we can probably do it, it would just take a good deal of refactoring, so I wanted to see if there's a simpler solution first. Hence the constraints.)
Just as an example of the output I'm looking for, consider the following code:
var myFormat = "{0:######.00}";
Console.WriteLine(string.Format(myFormat, 1234.1234));
Console.WriteLine(string.Format(myFormat, 5));
The code above currently outputs 1234.12 and 5.00, but I would like it to output 123412 and 500 just by changing myFormat. Is there a way to do this?
If only the format string is what you can change, there's probably no way to remove the dot.
However, you can implement your own Formatter, as MSDN's example.
string.Format(new CustomerFormatter(), "{0}", 1234.1234)