How do I convert string to Indian Money format?

Question

I am trying to convert string to India Money format like if input is "1234567" then output should come as "12,34,567"

I have written following code but its not giving the expected output.

 CultureInfo hindi = new CultureInfo("hi-IN");
 string text = string.Format(hindi, "{0:c}", fare);
 return text;

can anyone tell me how to do this?

Solution 1

If fare is any of int, long, decimal, float or double then I get the expected output of:

₹ 12,34,567.00.

I suspect your fare is actually a string; strings are not formatted by string.Format: they are already a string: there is no value to format. So: parse it first (using whatever is appropriate, maybe an invariant decimal parse), then format the parsed value; for example:

// here we assume that `fare` is actually a `string`
string fare = "1234567";
decimal parsed = decimal.Parse(fare, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
CultureInfo hindi = new CultureInfo("hi-IN");
string text = string.Format(hindi, "{0:c}", parsed);

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Edit re comments; to get just the formatted value without the currency symbol or decimal portion:

string text = string.Format(hindi, "{0:#,#}", value);

Solution 2

Try this

int myvalue = 123456789;
Console.WriteLine(myvalue.ToString("#,#.##", CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("hi-IN")));//output;- 12,34,56,789

Comments

[Marc Gravell]

I get the output ₹ 12,34,567.00, which seems correct; what data type is fare ?

[Balraj Singh]

Actually i am looking for an output in string format like 12,34,567 and not like ₹ 12,34,567.00. the above solution gives me the latter answer.

[Marc Gravell]

@BalrajSingh then.... why did you specify c? Simply: 12,34,567 is not the currency format for hi-IN.

[Marc Gravell]

@BalrajSingh I have added an example to show a way of getting that output