C# SByte ToString(String, IFormatProvider)

Description

SByte ToString(String, IFormatProvider) converts the numeric value of this instance to its equivalent string representation using the specified format and culture-specific format information.

Syntax

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


public string ToString(
  string format,
  IFormatProvider provider
)

Parameters

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

format - A standard or custom numeric format string.
provider - An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Returns

SByte.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) method returns The string representation of the value of this instance as specified by format and provider.

Example

The following example displays both a positive and a negative SByte value using the standard numeric format specifiers and a number of specific CultureInfo objects.


using System;/*ww  w  .  j a  v a 2 s.c o m*/
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      CultureInfo[] cultures = { CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US"), 
                                 CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("fr-FR"), 
                                 CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("es-ES") };
      sbyte positiveNumber = 123;
      sbyte negativeNumber = -123;
      string[] specifiers = {"G", "C", "D3", "E3", "F", "N", "P", "X2"}; 

      foreach (string specifier in specifiers)
      {
         foreach (CultureInfo culture in cultures)
            Console.WriteLine("{0,2} format using {1} culture: {2, 16} {3, 16}",  
                              specifier, culture.Name, 
                              positiveNumber.ToString(specifier, culture), 
                              negativeNumber.ToString(specifier, culture));
      }
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.