force a string to 2 decimal places

Question

i have a repeater item that displays a double. occasionally the double seems to be coming out with 3 decimal places like this 1165.833. im trying to force it to two decimal places by wrapping it in a string.format method but it still comes out the same:

<%# String.Format("{0:f2}",DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "pricerange").ToString())%> 

any ideas why?

Answer 1

String simply does not implement IFormattable. To use the formatting, remove .ToString() so that you aren't passing in a String.

<%# String.Format("{0:f2}",DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "pricerange"))%> 

To see this more explicitly, run this code:

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0:f2}", "123.888")); Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0:f2}", 123.888)); 

which outputs

123.888 123.89 

Answer 2

You can use:

String.Format("{0:0.00}",value);