CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
Eduardo Cucharro
Eduardo Cucharro

Reputation: 545

Currency format from currency symbol

I do have values and currency symbols in my database (BRL, USD and etc) and would like use that to write a formatted string, something like:

int number = 100;
string currencySymbol = "USD";
string formattedNumber = number.ToString("C", currencySymbol);

I've tried to cast currencySymbol to cultureInfo but it is not possible as written in this post get CultureInfo from a Currency Code?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1626

Answers (1)

Habib
Habib

Reputation: 223237

I believe you are looking to use custom currency symbols in formatting. You can do:

int number = 100;
var numberFormatInfo = (NumberFormatInfo) NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.Clone();
numberFormatInfo.CurrencySymbol = "USD";
string formattedNumber = number.ToString("C", numberFormatInfo);

A better approach would be to store different culture information ("en-US") in database and then retrieve the culture based on it and use its predefined currency symbol. But it will not be same as yours. In case of US, it is $ and not USD.

Upvotes: 3

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