Example of using String.Format to format a string in XAML in WPF

1. currency format

<TextBlock Text="{Binding Price, StringFormat={}{0:C}}" /> // $123.46

2. Currency format, one decimal place

<TextBox Text="{Binding Price, StringFormat={}{0:C1}}" /> // $123.5

3. preliterate

<TextBox Text="{Binding Price, StringFormat=单价：{0:C}}" /> //单价：$123.46

4. posttext

<TextBox Text="{Binding Price, StringFormat={}{0}元}" /> // 123.45678元

5. Fixed number of bits, and the number of bits cannot be less than before formatting. Only integer numbers are supported

<TextBox Text="{Binding Count, StringFormat={}{0:D6}}" /> // 086723

6. Specifies the number of digits after the decimal point

<TextBox Text="{Binding Total, StringFormat={}{0:F4}}" /> // 28768234.9329

7. Numbers separated by semicolons and specifying the number of digits after the decimal point

<TextBox Text="{Binding Total, StringFormat={}{0:N3}}" /> // 28,768,234.933

8. formatted percentage

<TextBox Text="{Binding Persent, StringFormat={}{0:P1}}" /> // 78.9 %

9. placeholder

<TextBox Text="{Binding Price, StringFormat={}{0:0000.00}}" /> // 0123.46

<TextBox Text="{Binding Price, StringFormat={}{0:####.##}}" /> // 123.46

10. date/time

<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:d}}" /> // 5/4/2015
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:D}}" /> // Monday, May 04, 2015
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:f}}" /> // Monday, May 04, 2015 5:46 PM
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:F}}" /> // Monday, May 04, 2015 5:46:56 PM
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:g}}" /> // 5/4/2015 5:46 PM
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:G}}" /> // 5/4/2015 5:46:56 PM
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:m}}" /> // May 04
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:M}}" /> // May 04
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:t}}" /> // 5:46 PM
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:T}}" /> // 5:46:56 PM
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:yyyy年MM月dd日}}" /> // 2015年05月04日
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:yyyy-MM-dd}}" /> // 2015-05-04
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}}" /> // 2015-05-04 17:46
<TextBox Text="{Binding DateTimeNow, StringFormat={}{0:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}}" /> // 2015-05-04 17:46:56

11. multiple binding

<TextBox.Text>
    <MultiBinding StringFormat="姓名：{0}{1}">
         <Binding Path="FristName" />
         <Binding Path="LastName" />
    </MultiBinding>
 </TextBox.Text>

// 姓名：AAbb

12. Special characters in multiple bindings

<TextBox.Text>
     <MultiBinding StringFormat="姓名：{0}&#x09;{1}">
           <Binding Path="FristName" />
           <Binding Path="LastName" />
     </MultiBinding>
 </TextBox.Text>

<!--
\a  &#x07;  BEL
\b  &#x08;  BS - Backspace
\f  &#x0c;  FF - Formfeed
\n  &#x0a;  LF, NL - Linefeed, New Line
\r  &#x0d;  CR - Carriage return
\t  &#x09;  HT - Tab, Horizontal Tabelator
\v  &#x0b;  VT - Vertical Tabelator
-->

Original author: Zhong Xun

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