Question

I have an XML field that I try to print it with commas in the thousands (example : 1,234)

this is my code :

<span><%=String.Format("{0:n}", dc.GetXMLField(nl[i], "PRICE")) + " ₪"%></span>

When I run this, I get the number without any commas (for example : 200000)
by the way, its a string..

thanks for the helpers.

Answer 1

dc.GetXMLField is returning a string, not a formatable number (int, decimal, etc), but in order for string.Format("{0:n}", num) to work, num has to be an actual number, not a string representation of a number.

If you know this will always be a number you could parse it into a number first, before attempting to format it:

String.Format("{0:n}", int.Parse(dc.GetXMLField(nl[i], "PRICE")))