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Asked: 2026-06-06T10:40:08+00:00

How do I force FormatNumber to use a – to separate every 000 Depending

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How do I force FormatNumber to use a “-” to separate every “000”

Depending on my users culture on their computer
the result looks like “123 456 789.1235” or “123,456,789.1235”

How do I force it

Dim A As Decimal = "123456789.123456" 

Dim B As String = FormatNumber(A, 4)
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    As @Andrew said, but if you want spaces (or dashes) you can just insert them in place of the commas.

    Dim a As Decimal = 123456789.123456D
Dim b As String = If(a < 0,"-","") & a.ToString("### ### ### ### ##0.####").Trim(" ")
'Dim b As String = If(a < 0,"-","") & a.ToString("###-###-###-###-##0.####").Trim("-")

    Notice the trim statement. It removes any leading characters that may show up due to the length of a. I do like @Subs routine though, because it can handle a regardless of length. This one you have to put enough placeholders (#) in to deal with it.

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