Question

Does .Net have any built in constants for common numbers like million, billion etc?

EDIT: As has been suggested this was for readability reasons, rather than writing 1000000 or 1000000000. I know I can create my own just wanted to check that they didnt already exist before I did so.

Answer 1

I can see your point where a manifest constant in code like 1000000000 might have a readability problem “is that one hundred million or a billion”. However, I’d create a constant that suited the particular situation rather than a generic constant. For example

#define BANKOFAMERICA_TARP_AMOUNT 1000000000.0; // One billion dollars