c# decimal toString() conversion with comma(,)

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c# decimal.toString() conversion problem

Example: I have a value in decimal(.1) when I convert decimal to string using toString() it returns (0,10). Instead of .(DOT) it returns ,(COMMA).

Check the current Locale settings - you will need to select one which use . rather than , - The opposite to this question really : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1559185/formatting-numbers-as-strings-with-commas-in-place-of-decimals — PaulF, Jun 17 '15 at 10:41
Output depends on you `CurrentCulture`, ToString(CultureInfo) — Mikko Viitala, Jun 17 '15 at 10:41
possible duplicate of [Set up dot instead of comma in numeric values](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9160059/set-up-dot-instead-of-comma-in-numeric-values) — Risadinha, Jun 17 '15 at 11:19

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 10:42

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I believe this is to do with the culture/region which your operating system is set to. You can fix/change the way the string is parsed by adding in a format overload in the .ToString() method.

For example

decimalValue.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

answered Jun 17 '15 at 10:42

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score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 17 '15 at 11:34

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you have to define the format, it will depend in your local setting or define the format, using something like this

decimal.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-us"));

cheers

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answered Jun 17 '15 at 10:51

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 10:47

For this to be happening, the thread's current culture must be one that uses a separator of comma instead of dot.

You can change this on a per ToString basis using the overload for ToString that takes a culture:

var withDot = myVal.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Alternatively, you can change this for the whole thread by setting the thread's culture before performing any calls to ToString():

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

var first = myVal.ToString();
var second = anotherVal.ToString();

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 29 '18 at 08:20

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For comma (,)

try this:

decimalValue.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("tr-tr"))

answered Dec 29 '18 at 08:20

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 10:43

Then your current culture's NumberDecimalSeparator is , instead of ..

If that's not desired you can force the dot with CultureInfo.InvariantCulture:

decimal num = 0.1m;
string numWithDotAsSeparator = num.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

or NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo

string numWithDotAsSeparator = num.ToString(NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)

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