NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo Property

Definition

Namespace:: System.Globalization

Assemblies:: mscorlib.dll, System.Globalization.dll

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: System.Globalization.dll

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: NumberFormatInfo.cs

Source:: NumberFormatInfo.cs

Source:: NumberFormatInfo.cs

Source:: NumberFormatInfo.cs

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Gets a read-only NumberFormatInfo object that is culture-independent (invariant).

public:
 static property System::Globalization::NumberFormatInfo ^ InvariantInfo { System::Globalization::NumberFormatInfo ^ get(); };

public static System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo InvariantInfo { get; }

static member InvariantInfo : System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo

Public Shared ReadOnly Property InvariantInfo As NumberFormatInfo

Property Value

NumberFormatInfo

A read-only object that is culture-independent (invariant).

Examples

The following example displays the default property values of the InvariantInfo.

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Text;

class SamplesNumberFormatInfo  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Gets the InvariantInfo.
      NumberFormatInfo myInv = NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo;

      // Gets a UnicodeEncoding to display the Unicode value of symbols.
      UnicodeEncoding myUE = new UnicodeEncoding( true, false );
      byte[] myCodes;

      // Displays the default values for each of the properties.
      Console.WriteLine( "InvariantInfo:\nNote: Symbols might not display correctly on the console,\ntherefore, Unicode values are included." );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tCurrencyDecimalDigits\t\t{0}", myInv.CurrencyDecimalDigits );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tCurrencyDecimalSeparator\t{0}", myInv.CurrencyDecimalSeparator );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tCurrencyGroupSeparator\t\t{0}", myInv.CurrencyGroupSeparator );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tCurrencyGroupSizes\t\t{0}", myInv.CurrencyGroupSizes[0] );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tCurrencyNegativePattern\t\t{0}", myInv.CurrencyNegativePattern );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tCurrencyPositivePattern\t\t{0}", myInv.CurrencyPositivePattern );
      myCodes = myUE.GetBytes( myInv.CurrencySymbol );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tCurrencySymbol\t\t\t{0}\t(U+{1:x2}{2:x2})", myInv.CurrencySymbol, myCodes[0], myCodes[1] );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tNaNSymbol\t\t\t{0}", myInv.NaNSymbol );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tNegativeInfinitySymbol\t\t{0}", myInv.NegativeInfinitySymbol );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tNegativeSign\t\t\t{0}", myInv.NegativeSign );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tNumberDecimalDigits\t\t{0}", myInv.NumberDecimalDigits );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tNumberDecimalSeparator\t\t{0}", myInv.NumberDecimalSeparator );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tNumberGroupSeparator\t\t{0}", myInv.NumberGroupSeparator );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tNumberGroupSizes\t\t{0}", myInv.NumberGroupSizes[0] );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tNumberNegativePattern\t\t{0}", myInv.NumberNegativePattern );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tPercentDecimalDigits\t\t{0}", myInv.PercentDecimalDigits );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tPercentDecimalSeparator\t\t{0}", myInv.PercentDecimalSeparator );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tPercentGroupSeparator\t\t{0}", myInv.PercentGroupSeparator );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tPercentGroupSizes\t\t{0}", myInv.PercentGroupSizes[0] );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tPercentNegativePattern\t\t{0}", myInv.PercentNegativePattern );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tPercentPositivePattern\t\t{0}", myInv.PercentPositivePattern );
      myCodes = myUE.GetBytes( myInv.PercentSymbol );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tPercentSymbol\t\t\t{0}\t(U+{1:x2}{2:x2})", myInv.PercentSymbol, myCodes[0], myCodes[1] );
      myCodes = myUE.GetBytes( myInv.PerMilleSymbol );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tPerMilleSymbol\t\t\t{0}\t(U+{1:x2}{2:x2})", myInv.PerMilleSymbol, myCodes[0], myCodes[1] );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tPositiveInfinitySymbol\t\t{0}", myInv.PositiveInfinitySymbol );
      Console.WriteLine( "\tPositiveSign\t\t\t{0}", myInv.PositiveSign );
   }
}


/*

This code produces the following output.

InvariantInfo:
Note: Symbols might not display correctly on the console,
therefore, Unicode values are included.
        CurrencyDecimalDigits           2
        CurrencyDecimalSeparator        .
        CurrencyGroupSeparator          ,
        CurrencyGroupSizes              3
        CurrencyNegativePattern         0
        CurrencyPositivePattern         0
        CurrencySymbol                         (U+00a4)
        NaNSymbol                       NaN
        NegativeInfinitySymbol          -Infinity
        NegativeSign                    -
        NumberDecimalDigits             2
        NumberDecimalSeparator          .
        NumberGroupSeparator            ,
        NumberGroupSizes                3
        NumberNegativePattern           1
        PercentDecimalDigits            2
        PercentDecimalSeparator         .
        PercentGroupSeparator           ,
        PercentGroupSizes               3
        PercentNegativePattern          0
        PercentPositivePattern          0
        PercentSymbol                   %       (U+0025)
        PerMilleSymbol                  %       (U+2030)
        PositiveInfinitySymbol          Infinity
        PositiveSign                    +

*/

Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Text

Class SamplesNumberFormatInfo
   
   
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      
      ' Gets the InvariantInfo.
      Dim myInv As NumberFormatInfo = NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo
      
      ' Gets a UnicodeEncoding to display the Unicode value of symbols.
      Dim myUE As New UnicodeEncoding(True, False)
      Dim myCodes() As Byte
      
      ' Displays the default values for each of the properties.
      Console.WriteLine("InvariantInfo:")
      Console.WriteLine("Note: Symbols might not display correctly on the console,")
      Console.WriteLine("therefore, Unicode values are included.")
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyDecimalDigits" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyDecimalDigits)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyDecimalSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyDecimalSeparator)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyGroupSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyGroupSeparator)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyGroupSizes" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyGroupSizes(0))
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyNegativePattern" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyNegativePattern)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencyPositivePattern" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.CurrencyPositivePattern)
      myCodes = myUE.GetBytes(myInv.CurrencySymbol)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "CurrencySymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}" + ControlChars.Tab + "(U+{1:x2}{2:x2})", myInv.CurrencySymbol, myCodes(0), myCodes(1))
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "NaNSymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NaNSymbol)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "NegativeInfinitySymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NegativeInfinitySymbol)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "NegativeSign" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NegativeSign)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "NumberDecimalDigits" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NumberDecimalDigits)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "NumberDecimalSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NumberDecimalSeparator)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "NumberGroupSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NumberGroupSeparator)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "NumberGroupSizes" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NumberGroupSizes(0))
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "NumberNegativePattern" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.NumberNegativePattern)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentDecimalDigits" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentDecimalDigits)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentDecimalSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentDecimalSeparator)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentGroupSeparator" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentGroupSeparator)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentGroupSizes" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentGroupSizes(0))
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentNegativePattern" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentNegativePattern)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentPositivePattern" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PercentPositivePattern)
      myCodes = myUE.GetBytes(myInv.PercentSymbol)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "PercentSymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}" + ControlChars.Tab + "(U+{1:x2}{2:x2})", myInv.PercentSymbol, myCodes(0), myCodes(1))
      myCodes = myUE.GetBytes(myInv.PerMilleSymbol)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "PerMilleSymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}" + ControlChars.Tab + "(U+{1:x2}{2:x2})", myInv.PerMilleSymbol, myCodes(0), myCodes(1))
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "PositiveInfinitySymbol" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PositiveInfinitySymbol)
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab + "PositiveSign" + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + ControlChars.Tab + "{0}", myInv.PositiveSign)
   End Sub
End Class


' This code produces the following output.
'
' InvariantInfo:
' Note: Symbols might not display correctly on the console,
' therefore, Unicode values are included.
'         CurrencyDecimalDigits           2
'         CurrencyDecimalSeparator        .
'         CurrencyGroupSeparator          ,
'         CurrencyGroupSizes              3
'         CurrencyNegativePattern         0
'         CurrencyPositivePattern         0
'         CurrencySymbol                         (U+00a4)
'         NaNSymbol                       NaN
'         NegativeInfinitySymbol          -Infinity
'         NegativeSign                    -
'         NumberDecimalDigits             2
'         NumberDecimalSeparator          .
'         NumberGroupSeparator            ,
'         NumberGroupSizes                3
'         NumberNegativePattern           1
'         PercentDecimalDigits            2
'         PercentDecimalSeparator         .
'         PercentGroupSeparator           ,
'         PercentGroupSizes               3
'         PercentNegativePattern          0
'         PercentPositivePattern          0
'         PercentSymbol                   %       (U+0025)
'         PerMilleSymbol                  %       (U+2030)
'         PositiveInfinitySymbol          Infinity
'         PositiveSign                    +

Remarks

This NumberFormatInfo object returned by this property does not change, regardless of the current culture. It represents the formatting conventions of the invariant culture, which is a culture associated with the English language but not with any country/region. The invariant culture is used in formatting operations that are culture-independent or that produce result strings suitable for display across multiple cultures.

Applies to

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