EGP currency in C#

Question

How to make an int variable show as currency in console app. Begin with EGP. I tried the following code, but it only shows the Arabic as "ج.م", not EGP.

 double x = 12.5;
    Console.WriteLine(x.ToString("C",CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("ar-EG")));

But the result is: ?.?.? 12.5 instead of "EGP" because it is in Arabic language. What I need is to make it EGP 12.5 not "ج.م"

Take a look to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5750203/how-to-write-unicode-chars-to-console It's about displaying unicode characters in the console. — ADreNaLiNe-DJ, Jan 28 '16 at 13:38
@ADreNaLiNe-DJ but he doesn't *want* to display unicode characters in the console: 'What I need is to make it EGP 12.5 not "ج.م"' — AakashM, Jan 28 '16 at 14:24

CS. · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-28T14:08:34.130

EGP is the ISOCurrencySymbol for Egyptian Pound.

This should work for you.

using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class PrintCurrencyValue  {
   public static void Main()  {
      double x = 12.5;
      RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo( "ar-EG" );
      Console.WriteLine( "CurrencySymbol:    {0} {1:N}", myRI1.CurrencySymbol, x);
      Console.WriteLine( "ISOCurrencySymbol: {0} {1:N}", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol, x);
   }
}

EGP currency in C#

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