Convert decimal to string without commas or dots

Question

In .NET, I need to convert a decimal amount (money) to a numbers-only string, i.e: 123,456.78 -> 12345678

I thought

var dotPos = amount.ToString().L         


        

Answer 1

You could do it like this:

var amountString = string.Join("", amount.Where(char.IsDigit));

Using the char.IsDigit method will protect you from other unknown symbols like $ and will also work with other currency formats. The bottom line, you don't know exactly what that string will always look like so it's safer this way.