How do I display a decimal value to 2 decimal places?

Question

When displaying the value of a decimal currently with .ToString(), it\'s accurate to like 15 decimal places, and since I\'m using it to represent dollars and ce

Answer 1

None of these did exactly what I needed, to force 2 d.p. and round up as 0.005 -> 0.01

Forcing 2 d.p. requires increasing the precision by 2 d.p. to ensure we have at least 2 d.p.

then rounding to ensure we do not have more than 2 d.p.

Math.Round(exactResult * 1.00m, 2, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero)

6.665m.ToString() -> "6.67"

6.6m.ToString() -> "6.60"

Answer 2

Mike M.'s answer was perfect for me on .NET, but .NET Core doesn't have a decimal.Round method at the time of writing.

In .NET Core, I had to use:

decimal roundedValue = Math.Round(rawNumber, 2, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);

A hacky method, including conversion to string, is:

public string FormatTo2Dp(decimal myNumber)
{
    // Use schoolboy rounding, not bankers.
    myNumber = Math.Round(myNumber, 2, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);

    return string.Format("{0:0.00}", myNumber);
}

Answer 3

decimalVar.ToString("F");

This will:

• Round off to 2 decimal places eg. 23.456 → 23.46
• Ensure that there are always 2 decimal places eg. 23 → 23.00; 12.5 → 12.50

Ideal for displaying currency.

Check out the documentation on ToString("F") (thanks to Jon Schneider).

Answer 4

Here is a little Linqpad program to show different formats:

void Main()
{
    FormatDecimal(2345.94742M);
    FormatDecimal(43M);
    FormatDecimal(0M);
    FormatDecimal(0.007M);
}

public void FormatDecimal(decimal val)
{
    Console.WriteLine("ToString: {0}", val);
    Console.WriteLine("c: {0:c}", val);
    Console.WriteLine("0.00: {0:0.00}", val);
    Console.WriteLine("0.##: {0:0.##}", val);
    Console.WriteLine("===================");
}

Here are the results:

ToString: 2345.94742
c: $2,345.95
0.00: 2345.95
0.##: 2345.95
===================
ToString: 43
c: $43.00
0.00: 43.00
0.##: 43
===================
ToString: 0
c: $0.00
0.00: 0.00
0.##: 0
===================
ToString: 0.007
c: $0.01
0.00: 0.01
0.##: 0.01
===================

Answer 5

If you want it formatted with commas as well as a decimal point (but no currency symbol), such as 3,456,789.12...

decimalVar.ToString("n2");

Answer 6

If you just need this for display use string.Format

String.Format("{0:0.00}", 123.4567m);      // "123.46"

http://www.csharp-examples.net/string-format-double/

The "m" is a decimal suffix. About the decimal suffix:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/364x0z75.aspx