String Formatting in C# for Strongly typed view

Question

I want to know how can I convert a strong typed view Price field in to 2 digit specifier like i have got a money field in my db which converts for instance 15 into 15.0000 , i juts want to display 15.00 in the view , below is the code:

<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model =>model.Price, new { maxlength = "5", style = "width:40px;" })%>

I tried something like with no success:

<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => String.Format("{0:n}"model.Price), new { maxlength = "5", style = "width:40px;" })%>

Answer 1

Try this:

<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Price.ToString("0.00"), new { maxlength = "5", style = "width:40px;" })%>

Update:

You also missed a comma in your original syntax which could be all that's stopping it from working that way too. Should have been:

<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => String.Format("{0:n}", model.Price), new { maxlength = "5", style = "width:40px;" })%>

Also, for 2 decimal places, try it like this:

<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => String.Format("{0:0.00}", model.Price), new { maxlength = "5", style = "width:40px;" })%>