Converting number to String - Different Approaches

[mac]

Assume you have a textbox named "displayValue"

What is the difference (if any) between these two approaches:

1.)
float var;
var = 0.42F;
displayValue.Text = var.ToString

2.)
float var;
var = 0.42F;
displayValue.Text = Convert.ToString(var);
Is one way generally preferred over the other?
Thanks,

Mac

[Michael Nemtsev]

These both type casts are almost identical.

Convert.ToString just call your value.ToString(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
For some types it miss CultureInfo.CurrentCulture

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"mac" wrote:

Assume you have a textbox named "displayValue"

What is the difference (if any) between these two approaches:

1.)
float var;
var = 0.42F;
displayValue.Text = var.ToString

2.)
float var;
var = 0.42F;
displayValue.Text = Convert.ToString(var);
Is one way generally preferred over the other?
Thanks,

Mac

[Barry Kelly]

"mac" <no**@none.comwrote:

Assume you have a textbox named "displayValue"

What is the difference (if any) between these two approaches:

1.)
float var;
var = 0.42F;
displayValue.Text = var.ToString

ToString() can accept IFormatProvider and a string format, making it
more flexible. If you have a custom value type and it overrides
ToString(), then calling it directly on the instance won't cause boxing.

2.)
float var;
var = 0.42F;
displayValue.Text = Convert.ToString(var);

This will call var.ToString, and may cause boxing if your value type is
not special-cased by Convert (float is, of course).

Is one way generally preferred over the other?

I personally never use the Convert class except for Base64 conversions.
For most "display value" kind of conversions, I typically use
string.Format().

-- Barry

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