How to get specific culture currency pattern

Question

How do i get the currency pattern for a specific culture?

For Example:

Instead of using:

string.Format(\"{0:c}\", 345.10)

I

Answer 1

I think what you're asking is how to change the currency symbol but keep the culture-specific formatting. You can do this by getting a copy of the current NumberFormatInfo and modifying the CurrencySymbol property:

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("de");
// pretend we are german

var nfi = (NumberFormatInfo)NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.Clone();
nfi.CurrencySymbol = "$$$";
Console.WriteLine(string.Format(nfi,"{0:c}",345.10));

This will output:

345,10 $$$

Without changing the CurrentCulture it outputs (for me):

$$$345.10