Formatting inconsistencies

[cjard]

In another thread I raised that point that i format a string like this:

String.Format("the number is {0}", myNumber)

but I format a date like this:

myDate.ToString("yyyy MM dd")

Can i format a number like that too?

myNumber.ToString("the number is ... ????")

Is there a resolution to this inconsistency?

 

[vis781]

There's no inconsistancy here. The differences are clear....One uses the format class the others dont. The output of your examples are a string so why would you not want to use string.format?

 

[cjard]

Sorry.. badly worded question, and I dug a little deeper and found the answer..