An unhandled exception of type 'System.FormatE xception' occurred in mscorlib.dll

[.YC]

Hi, I was trying on the following code n I got an exception. Can anyone tell
me whats wrong?
using System;

namespace Module_2

{

/// <summary>

/// Summary description for Class1.

/// </summary>

class Write

{

/// <summary>

/// The main entry point for the application.

/// </summary>

[STAThread]

static void Main(string[] args)

Console.WriteLi ne("Exponentia l formatting - {0:E}", 888.8);

Console.WriteLi ne("Fixed-point formatting - {F3}", 888.8888);

Console.WriteLi ne("General formatting - {0:G}", 88.888); //I got
stuck here..

Console.WriteLi ne("Number formatting - {0:N}", 8888888.8);

Console.WriteLi ne("Hexadecima l formatting - {0:x4}", 88);

Console.ReadLin e();

}

}

}

The message:
An unhandled exception of type 'System.FormatE xception' occurred in
mscorlib.dll

Additional information: Input string was not in a correct format.

TQ
YC

[.YC]

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.YC wrote:
|| Hi, I was trying on the following code n I got an exception. Can
|| anyone tell me whats wrong?

|| static void Main(string[] args)
||
|| Console.WriteLi ne("Exponentia l formatting - {0:E}", 888.8);
||
|| Console.WriteLi ne("Fixed-point formatting - {F3}", 888.8888);

Should be:
Console.WriteLi ne("Fixed-point formatting - {0:F3}", 888.8888);

Willy.