Adding Currency code to textblock programmatically

Question

I am working on a windows phone 8 app and need to add a currency hex code to a textblock text property programmatically. It works perfectly on xaml:

<TextBlock  Text="&#x20a6;" />

but when i use the statement below:

textblock.text = "&#x20a6;";

it just display the text as it is. How can I do this programmatically?

@Simon tried it but not working, displays the string as it is — Sunday Okpokor, Dec 29 '14 at 22:32

Walt Ritscher · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-30T00:24:24.840

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You need the Unicode value in the string. Using Unicode character escape sequences in strings.

  textblock2.Text = "\u20a6";

Or you can use the hex number and convert to a char.

  textblock2.Text = char.ConvertFromUtf32(0x20a6);

Also, you can simply use the character:

textblock2.Text = "₦";

edited Dec 30 '14 at 00:24

answered Dec 30 '14 at 00:17

Walt Ritscher

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Thanks, like the first and second example, works great – Sunday Okpokor Dec 31 '14 at 20:54

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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Try this:

            var formatter = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("HA-LATN-NG");
            formatter.NumberFormat.CurrencySymbol = "₦";


            textblock.text  = long.Parse("20a6", NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier 
            | NumberStyles.HexNumber,
            formatter).ToString("c");

But, if you need a decimal value, see this link.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Dec 29 '14 at 21:57

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this will retrieve the user's current region or currency format. I just need to work with a set of provided currency codes I have. the currency code 20a6 is for Nigeria naira – Sunday Okpokor Dec 29 '14 at 22:37

Adding Currency code to textblock programmatically

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