asp.net mvc: thousand separator for int value

Question

I have a price field in my database as integer now i pass my model to view and show the price in view:

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.price)

How can i put thousand separator for price in view? tnx

Answer 1

Apply the DisplayFormat attribute to your model property:

[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:N2}")]
public decimal Cost { get; set; }

Then the formatting is done by the ModelBinder for you instead of you having to remember to do it in each individual view.

Answer 2

Here ...

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.price.ToString("n2"))