Format String problem on VB 2008

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Hi, i am running a program that wants to format and in order to do so i need to use format string.

Basically what i have is this:

VB

Dim fmtStr As String = "{0,-5} {1,7} {2,8}"
        ListBox1.Items.Add(txtItems.Text & "          Quantity: " & txtQty.Text & "          $" & Amount)

What i want is to make the below txt(txtItems, txtQty to work with the format string? How do i do so?

Posted 18-Apr-12 14:36pm

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VJ Reddy · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-18T14:44:00

The Format static method of String class can be used for this purpose as shown below:

C#

Dim fmtStr As String = String.Format("{0,-5}         Quantity: {1,7}    ${2,8}",
    txtItems.Text,txtQty.Text, Amount)

I think {2,8:C} can be used instead of ${2,8} in the above format string, to prefix the Currency symbol of Current culture

Posted 18-Apr-12 14:44pm

Updated 18-Apr-12 14:50pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 22-Apr-12 21:42pm

A real help to OP with broken MSDN. :-)
My 5.
--SA

VJ Reddy 22-Apr-12 21:48pm

Thank you, SA.