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How do I change the culture used by Object.ToString?

It's tedious to write

string msg = "Result is " + r.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + " with "
    + p.toString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + "% probability.";

I would prefer

string msg = "Result is " + r + " with " + p + "% probability.";

How can I set InvariantCulture as the default throughout my project?

My goal is to produce programmer readable output.

Solution

  • You need to set the current thread and ui thread cultures to it:

    Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;