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

Default ("G") format	Default (current) culture	short.ToString
A specific format	Default (current) culture	short.ToString(string)
A specific format	A specific culture	short.ToString(string, IFormatProvider)

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.

The provider parameter is an IFormatProvider implementation whose IFormatProvider.GetFormat(Type) method returns a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo object. Typically, provider is a System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo object or a System.Globalization.CultureInfo object. The System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo object provides culture-specific information about the format of the string returned by this method. If provider is null, this instance is formatted with the System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo object for the current culture.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0