How do i get the currency pattern for a specific culture?
For Example:
Instead of using:
string.Format("{0:c}", 345.10)
I want to use this:
string.Format("#.##0,00 €;-#.##0,00 €", 345.10);
But how do i get the pattern string (like "#.##0,00 €;-#.##0,00 €") for each culture my application needs?
I cant use the "{0:c}" pattern because if the user switches the language the currency should be the same.
For Positive and negative number one can use below code snippet for culture
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<string> cultures = new List<string> { "ca-ES", "co-FR", "cs-CZ", "cy-GB", "da-DK", "de-AT", "de-CH", "de-DE", "de-LI", "de-LU", "dsb-DE", "en-US", "en-GB" };
var amount = -16.34M;
foreach (var c in cultures)
{
var cultureInfo = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(c);
var numberFormat = cultureInfo.NumberFormat;
String formattedAmount = null;
if (amount >= Decimal.Zero)
{
String pattern = null;
switch (numberFormat.CurrencyPositivePattern)
{
case 0:
pattern = "{0}{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}";
break;
case 1:
pattern = "{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}{0}";
break;
case 2:
pattern = "{0} {1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}";
break;
case 3:
pattern = "{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "} {0}";
break;
}
formattedAmount = String.Format(cultureInfo, pattern, numberFormat.CurrencySymbol, amount);
}
else if (amount < Decimal.Zero)
{
String pattern = null;
switch (numberFormat.CurrencyNegativePattern)
{
case 0:
pattern = "({0}{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "})";
break;
case 1:
pattern = numberFormat.NegativeSign + "{0}{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}";
break;
case 2:
pattern = "{0}" + numberFormat.NegativeSign + "{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}";
break;
case 3:
pattern = "{0}{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}" + numberFormat.NegativeSign;
break;
case 4:
pattern = "({1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}{0})";
break;
case 5:
pattern = numberFormat.NegativeSign + "{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}{0}";
break;
case 6:
pattern = "{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}" + numberFormat.NegativeSign + "{0}";
break;
case 7:
pattern = "{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}{0}" + numberFormat.NegativeSign;
break;
case 8:
pattern = numberFormat.NegativeSign + "{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "} {0}";
break;
case 9:
pattern = numberFormat.NegativeSign + "{0} {1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}";
break;
case 10:
pattern = "{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "} {0}" + numberFormat.NegativeSign;
break;
case 11:
pattern = "{0} {1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}" + numberFormat.NegativeSign;
break;
case 12:
pattern = "{0}" + " " + numberFormat.NegativeSign + "{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}";
break;
case 13:
pattern = "{1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "}" + numberFormat.NegativeSign + " " + "{0}";
break;
case 14:
pattern = "({0} {1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "})";
break;
case 15:
pattern = "({1:N" + numberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits + "} {0})";
break;
}
formattedAmount = String.Format(cultureInfo, pattern, numberFormat.CurrencySymbol, amount * -1);
}
Console.WriteLine(formattedAmount);
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
}