Parameters

format

A string containing a character that specifies the format of the returned string. [Edit]

provider

A IFormatProvider that supplies a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo instance containing culture-specific formatting information. [Edit]

format

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provider

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Returns

A string representation of the current instance formatted as specified by format. The string takes into account the information in the System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo instance supplied by provider. [Edit]

Exceptions

Type	Reason
FormatException	format is invalid. [Edit]

Remarks

If provider is null or a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo cannot be obtained from provider , the formatting information for the current system culture is used.

If format is a null reference, the general format specifier "G" is used.

The following table lists the characters that are valid for the byte type:

Format Characters	Description
"C", "c"	Currency format.
"D", "d"	Decimal format.
"E", "e"	Exponential notation format.
"F", "f"	Fixed-point format.
"G", "g"	General format.
"N", "n"	Number format.
"P", "p"	Percent format.
"X", "x"	Hexadecimal format.

Note:

For a detailed description of formatting, see the IFormattable interface.

This method is implemented to support the IFormattable interface.

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Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0