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Repeater with different culture per item

I have a repeater control which displays pricing, the currency symbol should be shown depending on the country of the specific person.

Generally, I'd just do something like: 

<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "CheapestLesson", "{0:C}")

However, this will take the current page culture. Is there any way to override the culture when handling the onItemDataBound event?

Solution

  • You can specify a different culture when the string is formatted if you use this overload of String.Format:

    <%# String.Format(new CultureInfo("en-US"), "{0:C}", DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "CheapestLesson")) %>

    All CultureInfo objects implement the IFormatProvider interface, so if you use this overload of String.Format you can override the current culture with a specific culture only for this formatting.