Formatting Numbers as Strings with Commas in place of Decimals

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Published on 2009-10-13T09:45:00Z Indexed on 2010/05/05 18:28 UTC
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I have the following number: 4.3

I'd like to display this number as 4,3 for some of our European friends.

I was under the impression that the following line would do the trick:

string ret = string.Format("{0:0,0}", 4.3); // returns "04", not "4,3"

Am I using the incorrect string?

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