Converting a Number in Currency Format For Different Cultures

In this article we will learn how to display a number in its currency format with respect to a country. When we want to display a number in its respective country's currency format, we format the string in the currency format and get the currency symbol of a specific country using the "CultureInfo" class available in .Net. To use the CultureInfo class, we need to include the "System.Globalization" Namespace in our program.

The "C" format specifier converts a number to a string that represents a currency amount. The precision specifier indicates the desired number of decimal places in the result string. If the precision specifier is omitted then the default precision is used (the default value is 2).

If the value to be formatted has more than the specified or the default number of decimal places then the fractional value is rounded in the result string. If the value to the right of the number of the specified decimal places is 5 or greater then the last digit in the result string is rounded away from zero.

Here is code showing how to convert a number to its corresponding currency format for a respective country:

using System;

using System.Globalization;

 

namespace CurrencyFormatter

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            double value = 5623345.6789;

 

            //For Current Culture

            Console.WriteLine("\n--------- Displaying Currency in Current Culture ---------------\n");

 

            // By default, single letter C displays currency upto two decimal digits

            Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("C", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture));

 

            // C2 displays currency upto two digits

            Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("C2", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture));

 

            // C3 displays currency upto three digits

            Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("C3", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture));

 

            // C4 displays currency upto four digits

            Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("C4", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture));

 

            // C5 displays currency upto five digits

            Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("C5", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture));

 

            //For Japan

            Console.WriteLine("\n--------- Dispalying Currency for Japan ---------------\n");

            Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("C", CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("ja-JP")));

 

            //For Denmark

            Console.WriteLine("\n--------- Dispalying Currency for Denmark ---------------\n");

            Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("C",

                  CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("da-DK")));

 

            //For India

            Console.WriteLine("\n--------- Dispalying Currency for India ---------------\n");

            Console.WriteLine(value.ToString("C",

            CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-IN")));

            Console.Read();

        }

    }

}

 

Currency in Current Culture


The result string is affected by the formatting information of the current NumberFormatInfo object. As per MSDN, the following table lists the NumberFormatInfo properties that control the formatting of the returned string.
 

NumberFormatInfo property Description
CurrencyPositivePattern Defines the placement of the currency symbol for positive values.
CurrencyNegativePattern Defines the placement of the currency symbol for negative values, and specifies whether the negative sign is represented by parentheses or the NegativeSign property.
NegativeSign Defines the negative sign used if CurrencyNegativePattern indicates that parentheses are not used.
CurrencySymbol Defines the currency symbol.
CurrencyDecimalDigits Defines the default number of decimal digits in a currency value. This value can be overridden by using the precision specifier.
CurrencyDecimalSeparator Defines the string that separates integral and decimal digits.
CurrencyGroupSeparator Defines the string that separates groups of integral numbers.
CurrencyGroupSizes Defines the number of integer digits that appear in a group.


Now let us see some of the important properties of the "NumberFormatInfo" object in the following sections.

How to group the numbers using NumberFormatInfo.CurrencyGroupSizes property
 
It is used to get or set the number of digits in each group to the left of the decimal in currency values. To set grouping in a number, we assign this property to an integer array having a required grouping.

For example, if the array contains {2, 4, 3} then the digits are grouped similar to $55, 555, 555, 554, 4443, 33.00". If the array contains {2, 4, 0} then the digits are grouped similar to $55555555554, 4443, 33.00". That means that the grouping of digits starts from the left corresponding to array elements. If the digits in a number are greater than the sum of the array elements then the remaining digits in the number are grouped (from left to right) as per the value of the last element in the array, provided that the element is non-zero. If the last element in the array is Zero then grouping won't take place for the remaining digits.

The following code demonstrates how to set digits grouping in a number:

using System;

using System.Globalization;

 

class NumberFormatInfoSample

{

 

    public static void Main()

    {

        // Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the USA culture.

        NumberFormatInfo myNumberFormatInfo = new CultureInfo("en-US", false).NumberFormat;

 

        // Displays a value with the default separator

        long myInt = 55555555554444333;

        Console.WriteLine("\nDisplays a value with the default separator ");

        Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("C", myNumberFormatInfo));

 

        // Displays the same value with different groupings.

        int[] mySizes1 = { 2, 4, 3 };

        int[] mySizes2 = { 2, 4, 0 };

 

        myNumberFormatInfo.CurrencyGroupSizes = mySizes1;

        Console.WriteLine("\nDisplays the same value with different group {2,4,3}  ");

        Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("C", myNumberFormatInfo));

        myNumberFormatInfo.CurrencyGroupSizes = mySizes2;

        Console.WriteLine("\nDisplays the same value with different group {2,4,0}  ");

        Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("C", myNumberFormatInfo));

        Console.Read();

    }

} 
 
It produces output
as in the following:

 

 CurrencyGroupSizes property

The following code shows how to set a group separator symbol using the NumberFormatInfo.CurrencyGroupSeparator property:
 

using System;

using System.Globalization;

 

class NumberFormatInfoSample

{

 

    public static void Main()

    {

        // Gets a NumberFormatInfo associated with the USA culture.

        NumberFormatInfo myNumberFormatInfo = new CultureInfo("en-US", false).NumberFormat;

 

        Int64 myInt = 5674433277865454;

 

        // Displays a value with following grouping.

        int[] mySizes1 = { 2, 4, 6 };

 

        myNumberFormatInfo.CurrencyGroupSizes = mySizes1;

        Console.WriteLine("\nDisplays a value with default seperator symbol (,) : ");

        Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("C", myNumberFormatInfo));

 

        myNumberFormatInfo.CurrencyGroupSeparator = "_";

        Console.WriteLine("\nDisplays the same value with seperator symbol (_) : ");

        Console.WriteLine(myInt.ToString("C", myNumberFormatInfo));

 

        Console.Read();

    }

}
 
The code above produces the following output:

 

 CurrencyGroupSeparator property

For your reference, here is a table of countries and their Culture Info Codes:

Country

Two Letter Country Code

Three Letter Country Code

Language

Two Letter Lang Code

Three Letter Lang Code

CultureInfo Code

 

IR

IRN

Persian

fa

fas

fa-IR

Afghanistan

AF

AFG

Pashto

ps

pus

ps-AF

Afghanistan

AF

AFG

Dari

prs

prs

prs-AF

Albania

AL

ALB

Albanian

sq

sqi

sq-AL

Algeria

DZ

DZA

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-DZ

Argentina

AR

ARG

Spanish

es

spa

es-AR

Armenia

AM

ARM

Armenian

hy

hye

hy-AM

Australia

AU

AUS

English

en

eng

en-AU

Austria

AT

AUT

German

de

deu

de-AT

Bahrain

BH

BHR

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-BH

Bangladesh

BD

BGD

Bengali

bn

bng

bn-BD

Basque

ES

ESP

Basque

eu

eus

eu-ES

Belarus

BY

BLR

Belarusian

be

bel

be-BY

Belgium

BE

BEL

French

fr

fra

fr-BE

Belgium

BE

BEL

Dutch

nl

nld

nl-BE

Belize

BZ

BLZ

English

en

eng

en-BZ

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

VE

VEN

Spanish

es

spa

es-VE

Bolivia

BO

BOL

Quechua

quz

qub

quz-BO

Bolivia

BO

BOL

Spanish

es

spa

es-BO

Brazil

BR

BRA

Portuguese

pt

por

pt-BR

Brunei Darussalam

BN

BRN

Malay

ms

msa

ms-BN

Bulgaria

BG

BGR

Bulgarian

bg

bul

bg-BG

Cambodia

KH

KHM

Khmer

km

khm

km-KH

Canada

CA

CAN

French

fr

fra

fr-CA

Canada

CA

CAN

English

en

eng

en-CA

Caribbean

29

29

English

en

eng

en-029

Catalan

ES

ESP

Catalan

ca

cat

ca-ES

Chile

CL

CHL

Mapudungun

arn

arn

arn-CL

Chile

CL

CHL

Spanish

es

spa

es-CL

Colombia

CO

COL

Spanish

es

spa

es-CO

Costa Rica

CR

CRI

Spanish

es

spa

es-CR

Croatia

HR

HRV

Croatian

hr

hrv

hr-HR

Cyrillic, Azerbaijan

AZ

AZE

Azeri

az

aze

az-Cyrl-AZ

Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina

BA

BIH

Serbian

sr

srn

sr-Cyrl-BA

Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina

BA

BIH

Bosnian

bs

bsc

bs-Cyrl-BA

Cyrillic, Mongolia

MN

MNG

Mongolian

mn

mon

mn-MN

Cyrillic, Montenegro

ME

MNE

Serbian

sr

srp

sr-Cyrl-ME

Cyrillic, Serbia

RS

SRB

Serbian

sr

srp

sr-Cyrl-RS

Cyrillic, Serbia and Montenegro (Former

CS

SCG

Serbian )

sr

srp

sr-Cyrl-CS

Cyrillic, Tajikistan

TJ

TAJ

Tajik

tg

tgk

tg-Cyrl-TJ

Cyrillic, Uzbekistan

UZ

UZB

Uzbek

uz

uzb

uz-Cyrl-UZ

Czech Republic

CZ

CZE

Czech

cs

ces

cs-CZ

Denmark

DK

DNK

Danish

da

dan

da-DK

Dominican Republic

DO

DOM

Spanish

es

spa

es-DO

Ecuador

EC

ECU

Quechua

quz

que

quz-EC

Ecuador

EC

ECU

Spanish

es

spa

es-EC

Egypt

EG

EGY

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-EG

El Salvador

SV

SLV

Spanish

es

spa

es-SV

Estonia

EE

EST

Estonian

et

est

et-EE

Ethiopia

ET

ETH

Amharic

am

amh

am-ET

Faroe Islands

FO

FRO

Faroese

fo

fao

fo-FO

Finland

FI

FIN

Finnish

fi

fin

fi-FI

Finland

FI

FIN

Swedish

sv

swe

sv-FI

Finland

FI

FIN

Sami, Northern

se

smg

se-FI

Finland

FI

FIN

Sami, Skolt

sms

sms

sms-FI

Finland

FI

FIN

Sami, Inari

smn

smn

smn-FI

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

MK

MKD

Macedonian

mk

mkd

mk-MK

France

FR

FRA

French

fr

fra

fr-FR

France

FR

FRA

Breton

br

bre

br-FR

France

FR

FRA

Occitan

oc

oci

oc-FR

France

FR

FRA

Corsican

co

cos

co-FR

France

FR

FRA

Alsatian

gsw

gsw

gsw-FR

Galician

ES

ESP

Galician

gl

glg

gl-ES

Georgia

GE

GEO

Georgian

ka

kat

ka-GE

Germany

DE

DEU

German

de

deu

de-DE

Germany

DE

DEU

Upper Sorbian

hsb

hsb

hsb-DE

Germany

DE

DEU

Lower Sorbian

dsb

dsb

dsb-DE

Greece

GR

GRC

Greek

el

ell

el-GR

Greenland

GL

GRL

Greenlandic

kl

kal

kl-GL

Guatemala

GT

GTM

K'iche

qut

qut

qut-GT

Guatemala

GT

GTM

Spanish

es

spa

es-GT

Honduras

HN

HND

Spanish

es

spa

es-HN

Hungary

HU

HUN

Hungarian

hu

hun

hu-HU

Iceland

IS

ISL

Icelandic

is

isl

is-IS

India

IN

IND

Hindi

hi

hin

hi-IN

India

IN

IND

Bengali

bn

bng

bn-IN

India

IN

IND

Punjabi

pa

pan

pa-IN

India

IN

IND

Gujarati

gu

guj

gu-IN

India

IN

IND

Oriya

or

ori

or-IN

India

IN

IND

Tamil

ta

tam

ta-IN

India

IN

IND

Telugu

te

tel

te-IN

India

IN

IND

Kannada

kn

kan

kn-IN

India

IN

IND

Malayalam

ml

mym

ml-IN

India

IN

IND

Assamese

as

asm

as-IN

India

IN

IND

Marathi

mr

mar

mr-IN

India

IN

IND

Sanskrit

sa

san

sa-IN

India

IN

IND

Konkani

kok

kok

kok-IN

India

IN

IND

English

en

eng

en-IN

Indonesia

ID

IDN

Indonesian

id

ind

id-ID

Iraq

IQ

IRQ

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-IQ

Ireland

IE

IRL

Irish

ga

gle

ga-IE

Ireland

IE

IRL

English

en

eng

en-IE

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

PK

PAK

Urdu

ur

urd

ur-PK

Israel

IL

ISR

Hebrew

he

heb

he-IL

Italy

IT

ITA

Italian

it

ita

it-IT

Jamaica

JM

JAM

English

en

eng

en-JM

Japan

JP

JPN

Japanese

ja

jpn

ja-JP

Jordan

JO

JOR

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-JO

Kazakhstan

KZ

KAZ

Kazakh

kk

kaz

kk-KZ

Kenya

KE

KEN

Kiswahili

sw

swa

sw-KE

Korea

KR

KOR

Korean

ko

kor

ko-KR

Kuwait

KW

KWT

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-KW

Kyrgyzstan

KG

KGZ

Kyrgyz

ky

kir

ky-KG

Lao P.D.R.

LA

LAO

Lao

lo

lao

lo-LA

Latin, Algeria

DZ

DZA

Tamazight

tzm

tzm

tzm-Latn-DZ

Latin, Azerbaijan

AZ

AZE

Azeri

az

aze

az-Latn-AZ

Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina

BA

BIH

Croatian

hr

hrb

hr-BA

Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina

BA

BIH

Bosnian

bs

bsb

bs-Latn-BA

Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina

BA

BIH

Serbian

sr

srs

sr-Latn-BA

Latin, Canada

CA

CAN

Inuktitut

iu

iku

iu-Latn-CA

Latin, Montenegro

ME

MNE

Serbian

sr

srp

sr-Latn-ME

Latin, Nigeria

NG

NGA

Hausa

ha

hau

ha-Latn-NG

Latin, Serbia

RS

SRB

Serbian

sr

srp

sr-Latn-RS

Latin, Serbia and Montenegro (Former

CS

SCG

Serbian )

sr

srp

sr-Latn-CS

Latin, Uzbekistan

UZ

UZB

Uzbek

uz

uzb

uz-Latn-UZ

Latvia

LV

LVA

Latvian

lv

lav

lv-LV

Lebanon

LB

LBN

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-LB

Libya

LY

LBY

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-LY

Liechtenstein

LI

LIE

German

de

deu

de-LI

Lithuania

LT

LTU

Lithuanian

lt

lit

lt-LT

Luxembourg

LU

LUX

Luxembourgish

lb

ltz

lb-LU

Luxembourg

LU

LUX

German

de

deu

de-LU

Luxembourg

LU

LUX

French

fr

fra

fr-LU

Malaysia

MY

MYS

Malay

ms

msa

ms-MY

Malaysia

MY

MYS

English

en

eng

en-MY

Maldives

MV

MDV

Divehi

dv

div

dv-MV

Malta

MT

MLT

Maltese

mt

mlt

mt-MT

Mexico

MX

MEX

Spanish

es

spa

es-MX

Mohawk

CA

CAN

Mohawk

moh

moh

moh-CA

Monaco

MC

MCO

French

fr

fra

fr-MC

Morocco

MA

MAR

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-MA

Nepal

NP

NPL

Nepali

ne

nep

ne-NP

Netherlands

NL

NLD

Dutch

nl

nld

nl-NL

Netherlands

NL

NLD

Frisian

fy

fry

fy-NL

New Zealand

NZ

NZL

Maori

mi

mri

mi-NZ

New Zealand

NZ

NZL

English

en

eng

en-NZ

Nicaragua

NI

NIC

Spanish

es

spa

es-NI

Nigeria

NG

NGA

Yoruba

yo

yor

yo-NG

Nigeria

NG

NGA

Igbo

ig

ibo

ig-NG

Norway

NO

NOR

Norwegian, Bokmål

nb

nob

nb-NO

Norway

NO

NOR

Sami, Northern

se

sme

se-NO

Norway

NO

NOR

Norwegian, Nynorsk

nn

nno

nn-NO

Norway

NO

NOR

Sami, Lule

smj

smj

smj-NO

Norway

NO

NOR

Sami, Southern

sma

sma

sma-NO

Oman

OM

OMN

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-OM

PRC

CN

CHN

Tibetan

bo

bod

bo-CN

PRC

CN

CHN

Yi

ii

iii

ii-CN

PRC

CN

CHN

Uyghur

ug

uig

ug-CN

Panama

PA

PAN

Spanish

es

spa

es-PA

Paraguay

PY

PRY

Spanish

es

spa

es-PY

Peru

PE

PER

Quechua

quz

qup

quz-PE

Peru

PE

PER

Spanish

es

spa

es-PE

Philippines

PH

PHL

Filipino

fil

fil

fil-PH

Poland

PL

POL

Polish

pl

pol

pl-PL

Portugal

PT

PRT

Portuguese

pt

por

pt-PT

Puerto Rico

PR

PRI

Spanish

es

spa

es-PR

Qatar

QA

QAT

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-QA

Republic of the Philippines

PH

PHL

English

en

eng

en-PH

Romania

RO

ROU

Romanian

ro

ron

ro-RO

Russia

RU

RUS

Russian

ru

rus

ru-RU

Russia

RU

RUS

Tatar

tt

tat

tt-RU

Russia

RU

RUS

Bashkir

ba

bak

ba-RU

Russia

RU

RUS

Yakut

sah

sah

sah-RU

Rwanda

RW

RWA

Kinyarwanda

rw

kin

rw-RW

Saudi Arabia

SA

SAU

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-SA

Senegal

SN

SEN

Wolof

wo

wol

wo-SN

Simplified, PRC

CN

CHN

Chinese

zh

zho

zh-CN

Simplified, Singapore

SG

SGP

Chinese

zh

zho

zh-SG

Singapore

SG

SGP

English

en

eng

en-SG

Slovakia

SK

SVK

Slovak

sk

slk

sk-SK

Slovenia

SI

SVN

Slovenian

sl

slv

sl-SI

South Africa

ZA

ZAF

Setswana

tn

tsn

tn-ZA

South Africa

ZA

ZAF

isiXhosa

xh

xho

xh-ZA

South Africa

ZA

ZAF

isiZulu

zu

zul

zu-ZA

South Africa

ZA

ZAF

Afrikaans

af

afr

af-ZA

South Africa

ZA

ZAF

Sesotho sa Leboa

nso

nso

nso-ZA

South Africa

ZA

ZAF

English

en

eng

en-ZA

Spain, International Sort

ES

ESP

Spanish

es

spa

es-ES

Sri Lanka

LK

LKA

Sinhala

si

sin

si-LK

Sweden

SE

SWE

Swedish

sv

swe

sv-SE

Sweden

SE

SWE

Sami, Northern

se

smf

se-SE

Sweden

SE

SWE

Sami, Lule

smj

smk

smj-SE

Sweden

SE

SWE

Sami, Southern

sma

smb

sma-SE

Switzerland

CH

CHE

Romansh

rm

roh

rm-CH

Switzerland

CH

CHE

German

de

deu

de-CH

Switzerland

CH

CHE

Italian

it

ita

it-CH

Switzerland

CH

CHE

French

fr

fra

fr-CH

Syllabics, Canada

CA

CAN

Inuktitut

iu

iku

iu-Cans-CA

Syria

SY

SYR

Syriac

syr

syr

syr-SY

Syria

SY

SYR

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-SY

Thailand

TH

THA

Thai

th

tha

th-TH

Traditional Mongolian, PRC

CN

CHN

Mongolian

mn

mon

mn-Mong-CN

Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.

HK

HKG

Chinese

zh

zho

zh-HK

Traditional, Macao S.A.R.

MO

MAC

Chinese

zh

zho

zh-MO

Traditional, Taiwan

TW

TWN

Chinese

zh

zho

zh-TW

Trinidad and Tobago

TT

TTO

English

en

eng

en-TT

Tunisia

TN

TUN

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-TN

Turkey

TR

TUR

Turkish

tr

tur

tr-TR

Turkmenistan

TM

TKM

Turkmen

tk

tuk

tk-TM

U.A.E.

AE

ARE

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-AE

Ukraine

UA

UKR

Ukrainian

uk

ukr

uk-UA

United Kingdom

GB

GBR

Welsh

cy

cym

cy-GB

United Kingdom

GB

GBR

Scottish Gaelic

gd

gla

gd-GB

United Kingdom

GB

GBR

English

en

eng

en-GB

United States

US

USA

English

en

eng

en-US

United States

US

USA

Spanish

es

spa

es-US

Uruguay

UY

URY

Spanish

es

spa

es-UY

Vietnam

VN

VNM

Vietnamese

vi

vie

vi-VN

Yemen

YE

YEM

Arabic

ar

ara

ar-YE

Zimbabwe

ZW

ZWE

English

en

eng

en-ZW

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