Converts the numeric value of this instance to its equivalent string representation.
Syntax
Returns
The string representation of the value of this instance, consisting of a minus sign if the value is negative, and a sequence of digits ranging from 0 to 9 with no leading zeroes.
Remarks
The long.ToString method formats an long value in the default ("G", or general) format by using the System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo object of the current culture. If you want to specify a different format or culture, use the other overloads of the long.ToString(string) method, as follows:
| Default ("G") format |
A specific culture | |
| A specific format |
Default (current) culture | |
| A specific format |
A specific culture |
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 formatting, see Formatting Types.
Requirements
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0