rounding a decimal

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Math.Round not keeping the trailing zero
How to round double values but keep trailing zeros

I have a decimal that I want to round to 2 dp. So, I have used Math.Round(). When I have a number like this

23.126

I get the format that I want

23.13

But when I have something like this

I get

What I'd like is to always get 2 dp. So, in the previous example I'd like

23.00

If I have

23.1

I'd like

23.10

Any idea how I might do this?

If you declare a decimal with decimal places, it will be displayed with the same number of decimal places: `decimal d = 23.00m;`. http://ideone.com/NJRXUq — Tim Schmelter, Jan 03 '13 at 16:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '13 at 16:27

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Then you don't want to round the value, you want to format it into a string.

string formatted = value.ToString("N2");

answered Jan 03 '13 at 16:27

Guffa

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