C# Convert currency to string, remove decimal point but keep decimals, prepend 0s to have fixed width

Question

How do I convert money amount like this

38.50

, to fixed width like this

000003850

I dont want to add commas and decimal places as some suggested answers here are explaining how to do. Neither do I want to remove decimals, I only want to remove decimal point.

What have you tried so far? Getting `3850` out of `38.50` should be as easy as multiplying by 100 — Camilo Terevinto, Mar 12 '19 at 22:29
Investigate [Numeric Format Strings](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/105770/). — Dour High Arch, Mar 12 '19 at 22:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '19 at 23:14

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You can use string.Format() with custom format specifiers. See details here.

double dollars = 38.50;   // your value
int temp = (int)(dollars * 100);   // multiplication to get an integer
string result = string.Format("{0:000000000}", temp);

// Output: 000003850

answered Mar 12 '19 at 23:14

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That works, too. I just used my solution below but will accept your answer. Thanks – cd491415 Mar 12 '19 at 23:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 12 '19 at 23:37

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Figured it out thanks to @ReedCopsey at How to remove decimal point from a decimal number in c#?.

decimal amount = 38.50m;
int fixed_amount = (int)Math.Truncate(amount * 100);
Console.WriteLine(fixed_amount.ToString("D9"));

OUTPUT:

000003850

edited Mar 12 '19 at 23:37

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C# Convert currency to string, remove decimal point but keep decimals, prepend 0s to have fixed width

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