IFormattable

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Contents 1 Syntax 1.1 Declaration syntax 1.2 Method syntax 2 MSDN references

The System.IFormattable interface define a method for formatting the value of an object into a string representation.

Syntax

Declaration syntax

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] 
public interface IFormattable

Method syntax

The ToString method formats the value of the current instance using the specified format.

string ToString (
   string format,
   IFormatProvider formatProvider
   )

where format specifies the format to be used;
formatProvider specifies the IFormatProvider to use in formatting the value. If null, the numeric format information from the current locale setting of the operating system is used.

MSDN references

• IFormatProvider Interface
• IFormattable Interface