private string FormatPhoneBasedOnLocation(string phoneNo, string location) { string _formatedPhoneNo = ""; phoneNo = RemovePhoneNumberFormat(phoneNo); if (phoneNo != "") { phoneFmt = employee.GetHireLocPhoneFormat(ddlHireLocation.SelectedValue); _formatedPhoneNo = String.Format("{0:" + phoneFmt + "}", Double.Parse(phoneNo)); // For future use //string _hashCount = phoneFmt.Replace("(", ""); //_hashCount = _hashCount.Replace(")", ""); //_hashCount = _hashCount.Replace("-", ""); //_hashCount = _hashCount.Replace(" ", ""); //if (_hashCount.Length == phoneNo.Length) // _formatedPhoneNo = String.Format("{0:" + phoneFmt + "}", Double.Parse(phoneNo)); //else // _formatedPhoneNo = ""; } return(_formatedPhoneNo); }