Decimal stores precision from parsed string in C#? What are the implications?

Question

During a conversation on IRC, someone pointed out the following:

decimal.Parse(\"1.0000\").ToString() // 1.0000
decimal.Parse(\"1.00\").ToString() // 1.00
         


        

Answer 1

A decimal consists of a 96-bit integer and a scaling factor (number of digits after the decimal point), which ranges from 0 to 28. Thus:

• 1.000 becomes 1000 with scaling factor 3.