Question

I am fetching data from a web service. I am using ASP.NET and VB.NET as code behind.

I tried like this:

Label_amount.Text = Trim(arData(11)) 

I am getting the output as 0020000, while I should get 200, i.e. suppress all leading zeros and delete last two zeros. (or make as 200.00)

Answer 1

As others have said, if it is displaying as “0020000”, that must mean that arData(11) is a String. If it’s supposed to always be a numeric value, it would be best to parse it into a numeric data type, such as Integer or Decimal. Once you have the value stored as a numeric type, you can easily manipulate it (such as dividing by 100) and format it as desired. For instance:

Dim value As Decimal = Decimal.Parse(arData(11))
value = Value / 100
Label_amount.Text = value.ToString("N2")

Keep in mind that the Parse method will throw an exception if arData(11) does not contain a valid numeric value, so you may want to wrap it with a try/catch, or use the TryParse method instead, depending on your needs. ToString("N2") will return “200.00”, ToString() will return “200”, and ToString("C") will return “$200.00” (in the US).