Question

I am using the following to display an amount:

String.Format(“{0:C}”, item.Amount)

This display £9.99

which is okay, but what if I want the application to be able to control the currency and to be able to change the currency to day

$9.99

How do I change the currency format via code

Answer 1

Specify the culture in the call to Format:

    decimal value = 123.45M;
    CultureInfo us = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
    string s = string.Format(us, "{0:C}", value);