Question

If I want to use a decimal literal in code, I have seen that there exists the m-suffix (where m stands for money). Is this appropriate for any decimals or is there a more general assignment (d stands for double, that is for sure not the right thing although a direct conversion is supported).

object decimalValue=2m;

Please note, I took the object-assignment as example, because in the case of …

decimal decimalValue=2;

… it’s implicitly clear that 2 should be interpreted as decimal through the compiler.

m seems to be ok, msdn uses it as example for the decimal type.

Answer 1

Documented in the C# language specification, chapter 2.4.4:

float f = 1.2f;
double d = 1.2d;
uint u = 2u;
long l = 2L;
ulong ul = 2UL;
decimal m = 2m;

Nothing for int, byte, sbyte, short, ushort.