String.Format: What is "{0}"

[Guest]

I have the following:

String.Format("{0}", myNumber);

What is {0} called? The reason I ask is that I want to look up how present
myNumber as 2 digits in the string. For example, if myNumber is 3, the string
should be 03. If I just use something like {0:2}, I get a space preceeding
the 3.

Thanks,
Randy

 

[Bob Grommes]

Search for "Standard Numeric Format Strings" and "Custom Numeric Format
String" in help.

Going from memory I believe what you want is {0:00} or {0:N02}. The
latter handles negative numbers and thousand separators, the former just
left-justifies with zeros.

--Bob

 

[pigeonrandle]

HI,
Have a look at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fht0f5be.aspx
HTH,
James