Alberto Poblacion
7/8/2008 12:17:00 PM
"0to60" <holeshot60_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have to write to a fixed field file, and I have to format my numbers in a
>particular way. I have to front pad them with 0's, and I have to write the
>decimal value 3.14 as "314". So for example, if its a 8 character field
>I'd have to write:
>
> "00000314"
>
> I looked at MS' formatting documentation (IFormatProvider, IFormatable)
> but the docs were complicated and I suspect there's a better explanation
> for me. Can someone tell me what's the easiest way to go about this? I'll
> need to be able to specify the fixed field width and the number of decimal
> places.
One easy way to do it is String.Format:
decimal n = 3.14m;
string formatted = string.Format("{0:0000000#}", n*100);
By editing the format string and adding additional parameters, you can
format all the values that go into one record for your file in one go.