Decimal format string

Hi all,
Is there one operation to do the following more efficiently,need to format upto 500 in one go

decimal d;
d.ToString("N2").PadLeft(12);

thank you.

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Cobra,

I would use a stringbuilder for this, it might make it a little faster
(and if you are doing this in a loop, you could clear the contents of the
builder with each iteration, without reducing the buffer):

// The builder.
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

// In the loop.
// This will only set the length of the string to 0, it won't get rid of the
// buffer already allocated.
builder.Length = 0;

// Append the 12 spaces and the decimal.
builder.AppendFormat(" {0:N2}", d);

// Get the string.
builder.ToString();

Hope this helps.
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Hi all,
Is there one operation to do the following more efficiently,need to
format upto 500 in one go

decimal d;
d.ToString("N2").PadLeft(12);

thank you.