Tag Archives: decimal

Compare the performance of the float, double, and decimal data types in C#

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Rod Stephens

A computer’s math coprocessor typically gives the best performance with a particular data type. To see which works best on my system and to learn how big the difference is, I wrote this program to compare the performance of calculations … Continue reading →

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Compare speeds of arithmetic operations in C#

Posted on July 4, 2016 by RodStephens

This example compares the speeds of arithmetic operations with different data types. There’s a big difference between the speeds of operations using the decimal data type and the other types, so performing a loop a certain number of time is … Continue reading →

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Convert bases decimal, hexadecimal, octal, and binary in C#

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Rod Stephens

It’s easy to convert bases if you use the Convert class’s ToInt64 and ToString methods. For example, the following statement parses the text in the TextBox named source and saves the result in the long variable value. The “16” means … Continue reading →

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Parse currency values in C#

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Rod Stephens

Converting a decimal value into a currency formatted string is easy. Simply use its ToString method, passing it the parameter “C” as in the following code. txtAny.Text = value.ToString(“C”); Strangely parsing a currency value entered by the user is not … Continue reading →