How do I convert float to money

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okay so I am using SQL Datareader and the code is below..

ltUP.Text = dr["UnitPrice"].ToString();

Now I wanted the "UnitPrice" to be shown in this format:

{0:#,###.00};

because in my database its in float... I wanted for it to be in money when I display it in my aspx file..

What I have tried:

I've tried these:

ltUP.Text = dr["UnitPrice"].ToString("{0:#,###.00}");

ltUP.Text = dr["UnitPrice","{0:#,###.00}"].ToString();

But I know its wrong.. any help would be great..

Posted 2-Aug-17 1:29am

BasicProgrammer__

Updated 2-Aug-17 4:05am

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CHill60 2-Aug-17 7:37am

How do you "know" that it's wrong?

BasicProgrammer__ 2-Aug-17 7:44am

Because the error message I get for both is "Compilation Error".....

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 2-Aug-17 7:38am

Why not convert it to money in the first place and after that formatting?
What control do you use to display data?

Michael_Davies 2-Aug-17 7:43am

Don't use float to store "money", you'll not get the right answers...

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Solution 2

I suppose you should retrieve the actual value, using the GetDouble[^] method (yes, a SQL FLOAT correspinds to a C# double) method and then format it according to your needs.

Posted 2-Aug-17 1:44am

CPallini

Solution 3

try like this below

ltUP.Text = ((double)dr["UnitPrice"]).ToString("#,###.00");

Posted 2-Aug-17 4:05am

GrpSMK

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-02T01:39:00

Solution 1

Try:

tUP.Text = ((double)dr["UnitPrice"]).ToString("{0:#,###.00}");

Posted 2-Aug-17 1:39am

OriginalGriff

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BasicProgrammer__ 2-Aug-17 7:44am

Sadly it returned with "Unit Price 14,00:0,000.00"

BasicProgrammer__ 2-Aug-17 7:49am

I tried fixing your code.. change it to:

ltUP.Text = ((double)dr["UnitPrice"]).ToString("#,###.00");

and it worked! Thank you

OriginalGriff 2-Aug-17 7:57am

Doh! Yeah, I got confused - that's the String.Format formatting string! :blush:

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 2-Aug-17 8:46am

For next time (instead of try and fail):
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-numeric-format-strings
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-numeric-format-strings