Returns an expression formatted as a percentage (that is, multiplied by 100) with a trailing % character.

Function FormatPercent(
   ByVal Expression As Object,
   Optional ByVal NumDigitsAfterDecimal As Integer = -1,
   Optional ByVal IncludeLeadingDigit As TriState = TriState.UseDefault,
   Optional ByVal UseParensForNegativeNumbers As TriState = TriState.UseDefault,
   Optional ByVal GroupDigits As TriState = TriState.UseDefault
) As String

Parameters

Expression

Required. Expression to be formatted.

NumDigitsAfterDecimal

Optional. Numeric value indicating how many places to the right of the decimal are displayed. Default value is –1, which indicates that the locale settings are used.

IncludeLeadingDigit

Optional. Tristate constant that indicates whether or not a leading zero is displayed for fractional values. See Settings for values.

UseParensForNegativeNumbers

Optional. Tristate constant that indicates whether or not to place negative values within parentheses. See Settings for values.

GroupDigits

Optional. Tristate constant that indicates whether or not numbers are grouped using the group delimiter specified in the locale settings. See Settings for values.

Settings

The IncludeLeadingDigit, UseParensForNegativeNumbers, and GroupDigits arguments have the following settings:

Exceptions/Errors

Remarks

When one or more optional arguments are omitted, the values for omitted arguments are provided by the locale settings.

Note   All settings information comes from the locale of the application. by default, that will be the locale set in the control panel. However, it may be changed programmatically by using the .NET Framework.

Example

This example illustrates the use of the FormatPercent function:

Dim myNumber As Single = 0.76
Dim myString As String
' Returns "76.00%".
myString = FormatPercent(myNumber)

See Also

FormatCurrency Function | FormatDateTime Function | FormatNumber Function | Tristate Enumeration | InvalidCastException