Question

How to format decimal places and align numbers with spaces in VB.NET

Answer 1

Imports System

Public Class Program
	Public Shared Sub Main()
        Console.WriteLine("""" & (String.Format("{0,12:0.0}", 1238.4567)) & """")
		
        Console.WriteLine("""" & String.Format("{0,-12:0.0}", 1238.4567) & """")
		
        Console.WriteLine("""" & String.Format("{0,12:0.0}", -1238.4567) & """")
		
        Console.WriteLine("""" & String.Format("{0,-12:0.0}", -1238.4567) & """")
    End Sub
End Class




' run:
'
' "      1238.5"
' "1238.5      "
' "     -1238.5"
' "-1238.5     "
'

 

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