Decimal string without decimals, dots or commas in any culture

Question

If I have a simple decimal in C#, and I want to ToString it without any dots, commas or decimals in any culture - how do i do it?

I tried the ToString("N0") with invariantculture which removes decimals, but it adds "." in my language.

What is the best way to do this?

Do you want all the decimal numbers to show, just without a delimiter? (i.e `3.14` becomes `314`)? — maccettura, Mar 30 '18 at 14:09
F0: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwhawy9k(v=vs.85).aspx?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb — Hans Passant, Mar 30 '18 at 14:23
@HansPassant You should post that as an answer, it's exactly what's needed for this question. — Daxtron2, Mar 30 '18 at 14:28

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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You haven't clarified in the comments yet, but I suspect you want something like this?

3.14 -> 3

5.34543543 -> 5

If that is correct then you simply need to cast your decimal to an int which would strip the precision off and give you just the whole number.

string someString = ((int)someDecimal).ToString();

If you find yourself repeating this logic often you can make a simple extension method to keep it DRY:

public static class DecimalExtensions
{
    public static string ToIntString(this decimal input)
    {
        return ((int)input).ToString();
    }
}

And simply call it like so:

string someString = someDecimal.ToIntString();

Simple fiddle here

EDIT

@HansPassant actually gave the simplest solution in the comments and I feel silly for not remembering:

string someString = someDecimal.ToString("F0", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

This is a much better answer and if Hans posts an answer I suggest marking theirs as the solution.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Mar 30 '18 at 14:14

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Great example that when your mind is caught in some culture/tostring stuff, the simplest solution is just obvious and easy. Thanks for showing how stupid I was - I will mark as answer in 6 minutes ;-) – Lars Holdgaard Mar 30 '18 at 14:17
@LarsHoldgaard I just edited and added an extension method example too if you find it useful. – maccettura Mar 30 '18 at 14:20
Agreed with the edit. May not be the most readable, but definitely the most succinct, and you don't have to do any additional method calls. – Daxtron2 Mar 30 '18 at 14:27
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Make sure format does not use group separators - I never can remember if `ToString` could produce something like `1,000,000`... I'd personally explicitly specify `InvariantCulture` to be sure... – Alexei Levenkov Mar 30 '18 at 14:51

Daxtron2 · Answer 2 · 2018-03-30T14:29:56.640

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In addition to maccettura's answer which will only work for numbers between (2^31)-1 and -(2^31)-1. You can use:

decimal.Truncate(decimalToTruncate)

which should work for all values that a decimal can store.

Simple fiddle by maccettura

Decimal.Truncate on MSDN

edited Mar 30 '18 at 14:29

answered Mar 30 '18 at 14:20

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Nice, didnt know about that method – maccettura Mar 30 '18 at 14:21
No problem. I don't know if it's any better than just doing it your way or not, but it's always good to know that there *are* multiple ways of doing things. – Daxtron2 Mar 30 '18 at 14:22
I think your way is much simpler and accounts for any number in the decimal range. I upvoted. I also made a simple fiddle for it [here](https://dotnetfiddle.net/ZH4xRH) if you want to include it in your answer. – maccettura Mar 30 '18 at 14:23

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 30 '18 at 14:25

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The simple way is just use Convert.ToInt32("Your Value") instead of .ToString().

So

string result= Convert.ToInt32("3.14").ToString();

It will give you "3" as result.

answered Mar 30 '18 at 14:25

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Decimal string without decimals, dots or commas in any culture

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