What do the curly braces mean in C# strings?

Question

while (rdr.Read())
{
    Console.WriteLine(\"Product: {0,-35} Total: {1,2}\", rdr[\"ProductName\"], rdr[\"Total\"]);
}

What does {0,-35} mean in this c

Answer 1

it's for Align String with Spaces

To align string to the right or to the left use static method String.Format. To align string to the left (spaces on the right) use formatting patern with comma (,) followed by a negative number of characters: String.Format(„{0,–10}“, text). To right alignment use a positive number: {0,10}.

have a look at

http://www.csharp-examples.net/align-string-with-spaces/