What is Decimal.Zero in C#?

Overview

Decimal.Zero is a C# Decimal field that represents the number zero (0).

Syntax

public static readonly decimal Zero;
Syntax For Decimal.Zero field

Parameters

It takes no parameters and is only invoked on the decimal.

Return value

The value returned is a zero (0).

Code example

// use System
using System;
// create class
class DecimalZero
{
    // main method
    static void Main()
    {
      // print the field
      Console.WriteLine(Decimal.Zero);
      // perform arithmetic operations
      decimal d1 = 3.44m + Decimal.Zero;
      decimal d2 = Decimal.Zero + 4.23m;
      decimal d3 = Decimal.Zero - Decimal.Zero;
      // print values
      Console.WriteLine(d1);
      Console.WriteLine(d2);
      Console.WriteLine(d3);
    }
}

Explanation

  • Line 10: We print the value of the Decimal.Zero field.
  • Line 13-15: We perform some arithmetic operations using the Decimal.Zero field. We then store the results on some decimal variables d1, d2, and d3.
  • Line 17: We print the values of the results.

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