C# Convert ToString(String, IFormatProvider)

Description

Convert ToString(String, IFormatProvider) returns the specified string instance; no actual conversion is performed.

Syntax

Convert.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) has the following syntax.


public static string ToString(
  string value,
  IFormatProvider provider
)

Parameters

Convert.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) has the following parameters.

value - The string to return.
provider - An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information. This parameter is ignored.

Returns

Convert.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) method returns value is returned unchanged.

Example


using System;//from  w  w  w . j av  a  2  s. c o m
using System.Globalization;

class MainClass
{
    public static void Main( )
    {
        NumberFormatInfo provider = new NumberFormatInfo();

        provider.NegativeSign = "neg ";
        provider.PositiveSign = "pos ";

        provider.NumberDecimalSeparator = ".";
        provider.NumberGroupSeparator = ",";
        provider.NumberGroupSizes = new int[ ] { 3 };
        provider.NumberNegativePattern = 0;

        Console.WriteLine( Convert.ToString( "12345" ));
        Console.WriteLine( Convert.ToString( "12345", provider ) );
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.