string.format

I'm trying to use String.Format("{0:c}", somevalue) in C# but am having a hard time figuring out how to configure the output to meet my needs. Here are my needs: 0 outputs to blank 1.00 outputs to $1.00 10.00 outputs to $10.00 100.00 outputs to $100.00 1000.00 outputs to $1,000.00 I've tried String.Format("{0:c}", somevalue) but for zero values it outputs $0.00 which is not what I want. I've also tried String.Format("{0:$0,0.00;$(0,0.00);#}", somevalue), but for 1.0 it outputs $01.00. String.Format("{0:$0.00;$(0.00);#}", somevalue) works for most cases, but when somevalue is 1000.00 the output

I was wondering if there's a syntax for formatting NULL values in string.Format, such as what Excel uses For example, using Excel I could specify a format value of {0:#,000.00;-#,000.00,NULL} , which means display the numeric value as number format if positive, number format in parenthesis if negative, or NULL if the value is null string.Format("${0:#,000.00;(#,000.00);NULL}", someNumericValue); Edit I'm looking for formatting NULL / Nothing values for all data types, not just numeric ones. My example is actually incorrect because I mistakenly thought Excel used the 3rd parameter if the value

In the example below I would like to format to 1 decimal place but python seems to like rounding up the number, is there a way to make it not round the number up? >>> '{:.1%}'.format(0.9995) '100.0%' >>> '{:.2%}'.format(0.9995) '99.95%' Thanks! :) If you want to round down always (instead of rounding to the nearest precision), then do so, explicitly, with the math.floor() function : from math import floor def floored_percentage(val, digits): val *= 10 ** (digits + 2) return '{1:.{0}f}%'.format(digits, floor(val) / 10 ** digits) print floored_percentage(0.995, 1) Demo: >>> from math import

I am using String.Format("{0:C2}", -1234) to format numbers. It always formats the amount to a positive number, while I want it to become $ - 1234 Am I right in saying it's putting it in brackets, i.e. it's formatting it as ($1,234.00) ? If so, I believe that's the intended behaviour for the US. However, you can create your own NumberFormatInfo which doesn't behave this way. Take an existing NumberFormatInfo which is "mostly right", call Clone() to make a mutable copy, and then set the CurrencyNegativePattern appropriately (I think you want value 2). For example: using System; using System

With String.format , there seems to be a large opening for programmatic error that isn't found at compile-time. This can make fixing errors more complex and / or take longer. This was the issue for me that I set out to fix (or hack a solution). I came close, but I am not close enough. For this problem, this is more certainly over-engineered. I understand that, but I just want to find a good compile-time solution to this. More information can be found here. My question dealing with Basic Program 2 calculators. 1 Logic backend. Could be expanded to include other simple calculators. I wanted 1

Input: uint hex = 0xdeadbeef; Required output: string result = "{deadbeef}" First approach: Explicitly add the { and } ; this works: result = "{" + string.Format("{0:x}", hex) + "}"; // -> "{deadbeef}" Output as decimal rather than hex using escaped curly brackets: result = string.Format("{{{0}}}", hex); // -> "{3735928559}" Seems promising, now all we need to do is add the :x hex specifer as per the first approach above: result = string.Format("{{{0:x}}}", hex); // -> "{x}" Oh dear, adding the ':x has made it output "{x}" rather than the "{deadbeef}" that I wanted. So my question is: Must I

In C, the printf() statement allows the precision lengths to be supplied in the parameter list. printf("%*.*f", 7, 3, floatValue); where the asterisks are replaced with first and second values, respectively. I am looking for an equivalent in Android/Java; String.format() throws an exception. EDIT: Thanks, @Tenner; it indeed works. I use int places = 7; int decimals = 3; String.format("%" + places + "." + decimals + "f", floatValue); A little ugly (and string concatenation makes it not perform well), but it works. System.out.print(String.format("%.1f",floatValue)); This prints the floatValue