How would I separate thousands with space in C#

Question

Assume I have the following decimal number that I have to format so that every thousand should be separated with a space:

 897.11 to 897.11
 1897.11 to 1 897.11
 12897.11 to 12 897.11
 123897.11 to 123 897.11

I have tried Decimal.ToString("0 000.00"). Although this works pretty well when the number is 1897.11. But when it's 897.11 I get 0 897.11.

score 88 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 23 '16 at 20:50

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Pass in a custom NumberFormatInfo with a custom NumberGroupSeparator property, and use the #,# format to tell it to do number groups. This example uses the invariant culture's number format as its basis.

var nfi = (NumberFormatInfo)CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat.Clone();
nfi.NumberGroupSeparator = " ";
string formatted = 1234897.11m.ToString("#,0.00", nfi); // "1 234 897.11"

edited Apr 23 '16 at 20:50

n00b

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answered Jul 08 '13 at 13:32

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+1 , I have edited this answer to handle zero values properly - the previous format string "#,#.00" caused zero to be represented as ".00" now it is "0.00" – n00b Apr 23 '16 at 20:51

score 21 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '13 at 13:35

You need a custom number format provider where you change the character yourself:

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        decimal d = 2000000;

        var f = new NumberFormatInfo {NumberGroupSeparator = " "};

        var s = d.ToString("n", f); // 2 000 000.00
    }

Here I also specify to format it as a number (using "n"), please see this link for other formatting options:

Standard Numeric Format Strings

In this case, it won't work if you format as a currency or a percentage, because as you may already note the NumberFormatInfo has separate properties for those.

The current culture format info can be found on System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 08 '13 at 13:32

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try this

int testNumber = 134566548;
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0:N}", testNumber));

You will received : 134 566 548,00

Don't forget your culture.

answered Jul 08 '13 at 13:32

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Charles Bretana · Answer 4 · 2013-07-08T13:34:16.607

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with a custom format string, but use '#' not '0's a 0 is a mandatory token it will be there no matter how long the number is, the pound sign (#) is optional token, it will only be used for digits actually in the number.

  Decimal.ToString("# ###.00")

NOTE. I'll leave this here, but @Tim S' answer is a better one.

When I try this I see it only generates the first separator... I guess the separator only works for commas and periods here. As a workaround (up to the maximum size number you expect), try this instead.

  Decimal.ToString("# ### ### ### ###.00")

edited Jul 08 '13 at 13:34

answered Jul 08 '13 at 13:27

Charles Bretana

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For `1234897.11` this results in `1234 897.11` (i.e. it only separates the first group). – Tim S. Jul 08 '13 at 13:29
@Tim, that sounds like a bug in the framework code. see my edit – Charles Bretana Jul 08 '13 at 13:32
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@Tin S answer is better than mine. Did not know `NumberFormatInfo` existed – Charles Bretana Jul 08 '13 at 13:36
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I feel like this one is more obvious at a glance what it is doing. – PRMan Oct 04 '14 at 12:39
for 0.1 it returns ".1". For fix it try Decimal.ToString("# ##0.00") and you may need .Trim() – razon Oct 04 '17 at 12:26

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 21 '20 at 05:42

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Sweden Use thousand separator as Space(" ") and Decimal point separator as Comma(,). We can achieve this in the following way.

decimal myNumbber = 5878.476M;
var swedishCulture = new CultureInfo("sv-SE");           
swedishCulture.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator = ",";
swedishCulture.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSeparator = " ";
var s = myNumbber.ToString("#,###.00", swedishCulture);

Which gives the output

"5 878,48"

answered Jan 21 '20 at 05:42

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Question, why would you need to specify the separator values? Aren't these already defined in the CultureInfo's NumberFormatInfo property? – Justin Greywolf Mar 17 '20 at 17:35

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 20 '16 at 15:55

Norwegian locale uses spaces as a separator, so if you were designing a website or application specifically for Norwegians, then you could use:

(123897.11).ToString("n",new CultureInfo("nb-NO"))

Which results in

"123 897,11"

Obviously, if you're not writing an application for the Norwegian market, then this would be a silly solution.

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