Using Razor view engine - how do I format a decima

Question

As the title suggests - I have a value in my viewmodel that is decimal. I have no control over that. I'd like to display it as currency using the Razor View Engine.

$@String.Format("{0:0.00}", 1005.3422)

gets me part way there with:

$1005.34

but how can I get the commas in there?

Thanks

Answer 1

Can you use {0:c} instead? This is just standard string formatting in .NET and the "c" is for currency. There are lots of standard numeric string formats. And, of course, custom formatting, too.

Answer 2

$ @String.Format("{0:#,##0.00}", 1005.3422)

Answer 3

Most of the time, when you don't get the character you're expecting with strings conversion, it can be a locale issue. For exemple, you're developing with a en-us locale, but someone comes with a fr-FR locale. Then the date, currency, etc will be formatted and parsed differently.