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

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Answer 1

I think this is what you're looking for:

value.ToString("D")

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwhawy9k.aspx

Answer 2

You say it's an amount, so I expect 2 digits after the decimal. What about:

 var amountstring = (amount * 100).ToString();

to get the cents-value without delimiters?

Or maybe even

var amountString = ((int)(amount * 100)).ToString();

to make sure no decimals remain.

Answer 3

var amountString = amount.ToString().Replace(",",string.Empty).Replace(".",string.Empty);

This will replace all the "," commas and "." decimal from the amount.

Answer 4

You don't need casts, you don't need to know where the decimal is, and you certainly don't need Linq. This is literally a textbook-case of Regular Expressions:

Regex regx = new Regex("[^0-9]");
var amountString = regx.Replace(amount, "");

Couldn't be simpler. And you can pass it strings with other odd monetary characters, or any character at all, and all you will get out is the decimal string.

Answer 5

var amountString = amount.ToString().Replace(".","").Replace(",","");

Answer 6

var amount = 123456.78;
var amountString = amount.ToString().Replace(",", "").Replace(".","");