Help: Can't format string using String.Format
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I cant seem to format my strAverageDensity which originally is in this example strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 using: string.Format
("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity);need it to equal 30.00 in this case but 2 decimal places instead its still strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 so this is the code:EditSubCategory E = new EditSubCategory(); SubCategory C = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetSubCategory((int)R.Cells\[0\].Value); Category CC = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetCategory(C.CategoryId); string strAverageDensity = Convert.ToString(GlobalContextManager.Instance.Conversions.ConvertMetricWeightToDefault(C.AverageDensity)); E.ParentCategory = CC; E.Category = C.Name; E.IsActivated = C.IsEnabled; E.OriginalCategory = C.Name; strAverageDensity = string.Format("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity); E.AverageDensity = strAverageDensity;strAverageDensity should be of type float or double and not string to take advantage of numeric format strings.
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I cant seem to format my strAverageDensity which originally is in this example strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 using: string.Format
("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity);need it to equal 30.00 in this case but 2 decimal places instead its still strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 so this is the code:EditSubCategory E = new EditSubCategory(); SubCategory C = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetSubCategory((int)R.Cells\[0\].Value); Category CC = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetCategory(C.CategoryId); string strAverageDensity = Convert.ToString(GlobalContextManager.Instance.Conversions.ConvertMetricWeightToDefault(C.AverageDensity)); E.ParentCategory = CC; E.Category = C.Name; E.IsActivated = C.IsEnabled; E.OriginalCategory = C.Name; strAverageDensity = string.Format("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity); E.AverageDensity = strAverageDensity;Try:
strAverageDensity = string.Format("{0:0.00}", C.AverageDensity);
which I assume is a float / double. Strings do not use numeric formats!
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I cant seem to format my strAverageDensity which originally is in this example strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 using: string.Format
("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity);need it to equal 30.00 in this case but 2 decimal places instead its still strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 so this is the code:EditSubCategory E = new EditSubCategory(); SubCategory C = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetSubCategory((int)R.Cells\[0\].Value); Category CC = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetCategory(C.CategoryId); string strAverageDensity = Convert.ToString(GlobalContextManager.Instance.Conversions.ConvertMetricWeightToDefault(C.AverageDensity)); E.ParentCategory = CC; E.Category = C.Name; E.IsActivated = C.IsEnabled; E.OriginalCategory = C.Name; strAverageDensity = string.Format("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity); E.AverageDensity = strAverageDensity;you failed to show an essential line of source code. Now compare yours to this:
float f=30.01234f; log(string.Format("{0:0.00}", f)); string s="30.01234"; log(string.Format("{0:0.00}", s));:)
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I cant seem to format my strAverageDensity which originally is in this example strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 using: string.Format
("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity);need it to equal 30.00 in this case but 2 decimal places instead its still strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 so this is the code:EditSubCategory E = new EditSubCategory(); SubCategory C = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetSubCategory((int)R.Cells\[0\].Value); Category CC = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetCategory(C.CategoryId); string strAverageDensity = Convert.ToString(GlobalContextManager.Instance.Conversions.ConvertMetricWeightToDefault(C.AverageDensity)); E.ParentCategory = CC; E.Category = C.Name; E.IsActivated = C.IsEnabled; E.OriginalCategory = C.Name; strAverageDensity = string.Format("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity); E.AverageDensity = strAverageDensity; -
I cant seem to format my strAverageDensity which originally is in this example strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 using: string.Format
("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity);need it to equal 30.00 in this case but 2 decimal places instead its still strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 so this is the code:EditSubCategory E = new EditSubCategory(); SubCategory C = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetSubCategory((int)R.Cells\[0\].Value); Category CC = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetCategory(C.CategoryId); string strAverageDensity = Convert.ToString(GlobalContextManager.Instance.Conversions.ConvertMetricWeightToDefault(C.AverageDensity)); E.ParentCategory = CC; E.Category = C.Name; E.IsActivated = C.IsEnabled; E.OriginalCategory = C.Name; strAverageDensity = string.Format("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity); E.AverageDensity = strAverageDensity;hi dear friend. i am a regular programmer,but i think :doh: this line of your program can be change string strAverageDensity = Convert.ToString(GlobalContextManager.Instance.Conversions.ConvertMetricWeightToDefault(C.AverageDensity)); instead of Convert.ToString(...) use of System.Convert.ToString(...). i hope success for you. M.Shooster
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I cant seem to format my strAverageDensity which originally is in this example strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 using: string.Format
("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity);need it to equal 30.00 in this case but 2 decimal places instead its still strAverageDensity = 30.000000123 so this is the code:EditSubCategory E = new EditSubCategory(); SubCategory C = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetSubCategory((int)R.Cells\[0\].Value); Category CC = GlobalContextManager.Instance.Cache.GetCategory(C.CategoryId); string strAverageDensity = Convert.ToString(GlobalContextManager.Instance.Conversions.ConvertMetricWeightToDefault(C.AverageDensity)); E.ParentCategory = CC; E.Category = C.Name; E.IsActivated = C.IsEnabled; E.OriginalCategory = C.Name; strAverageDensity = string.Format("{0:0.00}", strAverageDensity); E.AverageDensity = strAverageDensity;You could try Substring.... :-O
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You could try Substring.... :-O
substring is chopping strings, not rounding numbers. :)
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substring is chopping strings, not rounding numbers. :)
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He seems to want to round a string.
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He seems to want to round a string.
Yes it sure looks that way, although he never said it explicitly. So he should parse and either round or format, as ignrod suggested. :)
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Yes it sure looks that way, although he never said it explicitly. So he should parse and either round or format, as ignrod suggested. :)
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
he should parse and either round or format
I disagree. :-D
