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// Now make use of some format tags.

static void FormatNumericalData()

{

Console.WriteLine("The value 99999 in various formats:");

Console.WriteLine("c format: {0:c}", 99999);

Console.WriteLine("d9 format: {0:d9}", 99999);

Console.WriteLine("f3 format: {0:f3}", 99999);

Console.WriteLine("n format: {0:n}", 99999);

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// Notice that upper- or lowercasing for hex

// determines if letters are upper- or lowercase.

Console.WriteLine("E format: {0:E}", 99999);

Console.WriteLine("e format: {0:e}", 99999);

Console.WriteLine("X format: {0:X}", 99999);

Console.WriteLine("x format: {0:x}", 99999);

}

Figure 3-5 shows the output for our current application.

Figure 3-5.

Basic console I/O (with .NET string formatting)

Beyond controlling how numerical data is formatted, the .NET platform provides additional

tokens that may appear in a string literal that controls spacing and positioning of content.

Furthermore, the tokens applied to numerical data can be applied to other data types (such as

enumerations or the DateTime type) to control data formatting. Also be aware that it is possible

to build a custom class (or structure) that defines a custom formatting scheme through the imple-

mentation of the ICustomFormatter interface.

You’ll see additional formatting examples where required throughout this text; however, if you

are interested in digging into .NET string formatting further, look up the topic “Formatting Types”

within the .NET Framework 3.5 SDK documentation.