Using format in VB.NET

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I've read few articles on internet but i don't understand. In vb6 converting number like

15823581427163588888

into

15823-58142-71635-88888

is simply using

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Format("00000-00000-00000-00000")

.

This is my code:

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ItemsDataGridView.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(1).FormattedValue.ToString

I'm getting a value from datagridview, it worked but u tried using this:

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Format("00000-00000-00000-00000", ItemsDataGridView.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(1).FormattedValue.ToString)

and this

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Format("#####-#####-######-#####", ItemsDataGridView.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(1).FormattedValue.ToString)

none of that worked, instead of displaying

15823-58142-71635-88888, 15823581427163588888

displayed

Thanks :D

Posted 21-Jul-15 5:10am

Updated 21-Jul-15 5:25am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2015-07-21T05:29:00

Try taking off the ToString call, and use the Value property instead of the FormattedValue:

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Format("00000-00000-00000-00000", ItemsDataGridView.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(1).Value)

You could also use the String.Format method from the BCL, instead of the VB-specific Format function:

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String.Format("{0:00000-00000-00000-00000}", ItemsDataGridView.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(1).Value)