"thomas" <tho***@thomas.com> wrote in message
news:#gs8Bdu#GHA.4356@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am trying to format decimal values the way so decimal point is display
> only if the number is any digits after decimal other than zero.
>
> Example:
> 9.000000 -> "9"
> 9.500000 -> "9.5"
>
> Does anyone have an idea how the format string should look like? Is it, at
> all, possible?
>
> Tomasz

"Bryan Phillips" wrote:

> If you can use the double data type, you can just call ToString() and it
> will trim off the zeros and decimal point.
>
> Bryan Phillips
> MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
> Blog:  http://bphillips76.spaces.live.com
>
>
>
> "thomas" <tho***@thomas.com> wrote in message
> news:#gs8Bdu#GHA.4356@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I am trying to format decimal values the way so decimal point is display
> > only if the number is any digits after decimal other than zero.
> >
> > Example:
> > 9.000000 -> "9"
> > 9.500000 -> "9.5"
> >
> > Does anyone have an idea how the format string should look like? Is it, at
> > all, possible?
> >
> > Tomasz
>
>

"Milosz Skalecki" wrote:

> Bryan,
>
> No need for that. He may use:
>
> decimal x = 19.5M;
> string formatedValue = x.ToString(""0.########"");
>
> For more information check MSDN for 'Custom Numeric Format Strings'.
> Hope this helps
>
> --
> Milosz Skalecki
> MCP, MCAD
>
>
> "Bryan Phillips" wrote:
>
> > If you can use the double data type, you can just call ToString() and it
> > will trim off the zeros and decimal point.
> >
> > Bryan Phillips
> > MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
> > Blog:  http://bphillips76.spaces.live.com
> >
> >
> >
> > "thomas" <tho***@thomas.com> wrote in message
> > news:#gs8Bdu#GHA.4356@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:
> >
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > >
> > > I am trying to format decimal values the way so decimal point is display
> > > only if the number is any digits after decimal other than zero.
> > >
> > > Example:
> > > 9.000000 -> "9"
> > > 9.500000 -> "9.5"
> > >
> > > Does anyone have an idea how the format string should look like? Is it, at
> > > all, possible?
> > >
> > > Tomasz
> >
> >

"Milosz Skalecki" <mily***@REMOVEITwp.pl> wrote in message
news:C119E0A7-7931-4453-B231-594CF76CEC60@microsoft.com:

> Bryan,
>
> No need for that. He may use:
>
> decimal x = 19.5M;
> string formatedValue = x.ToString(""0.########"");
>
> For more information check MSDN for 'Custom Numeric Format Strings'.
> Hope this helps
>
> --
> Milosz Skalecki
> MCP, MCAD
>
>
> "Bryan Phillips" wrote:
>
>
> > If you can use the double data type, you can just call ToString() and it
> > will trim off the zeros and decimal point.
> >
> > Bryan Phillips
> > MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
> > Blog:  http://bphillips76.spaces.live.com
> >
> >
> >
> > "thomas" <tho***@thomas.com> wrote in message
> > news:#gs8Bdu#GHA.4356@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:
> >
>
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > >
> > > I am trying to format decimal values the way so decimal point is display
> > > only if the number is any digits after decimal other than zero.
> > >
> > > Example:
> > > 9.000000 -> "9"
> > > 9.500000 -> "9.5"
> > >
> > > Does anyone have an idea how the format string should look like? Is it, at
> > > all, possible?
> > >
> > > Tomasz
> >
>
> >