different outputs from a simple string format call

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On my windows machine running Visual Studio 2019, when I convert a decimal to a string:

decimal n = 200;
var s = n.ToString("P0");

... I get: 200%. (no space)

However when I do this on my Mac in VsCode, I get 200 % (with a space).

This is causing some unit tests to fail. What's the best way to get consistent behavior for the formatting?

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When number gets converted into string, the platform in your case takes the current system culture into consideration. To make it consistent you may use CultureInfo.InvariantCulture

decimal number = 2;
var result = number.ToString("P0", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
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