The sbyte.ToString(string) method formats an sbyte value in a specified format by using the conventions of the current culture. If you want to use the default ("G", or general) format or specify a different culture, use the other overloads of the sbyte.ToString(string) method, as follows:

The format parameter can be any valid standard numeric format specifier, or any combination of custom numeric format specifiers. If format is equal to string.Empty or is null, the return value of the current sbyte object is formatted with the general format specifier ("G"). If format is any other value, the method throws a FormatException.

The .NET Framework provides extensive formatting support, which is described in greater detail in the following formatting topics:

• For more information about numeric format specifiers, see Standard Numeric Format Strings and Custom Numeric Format Strings.

• For more information about support for formatting in the .NET Framework, see Formatting Types.

The format of the returned string is determined by the System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo object for the current culture. Depending on the format parameter, this object controls symbols such as the negative sign, the group separator, and the decimal point symbol in the output string. To provide formatting information for cultures other than the current culture, call the sbyte.ToString(string, IFormatProvider) overload.

This example demonstrates the sbyte.ToString(string) method.

using System;
public class SByteToStringExample {
   public static void Main() {
      SByte i = 8;
      Console.WriteLine(i);
      String[] formats = {"c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "n", "p", "x"};
      foreach(String str in formats)
         Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", str, i.ToString(str));
   }
}

The output is