# FarPoint.Win.Spread.FormatCells.TryGetNumberFormatCategory

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<h1 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_FormatCells_TryGetNumberFormatCategory_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.FormatCells.TryGetNumberFormatCategory*">TryGetNumberFormatCategory Method
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<h4 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_FormatCells_TryGetNumberFormatCategory_GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_NumberFormat_GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_IWorkbook_GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_PredefinedNumberFormats__" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.FormatCells.TryGetNumberFormatCategory(GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.NumberFormat,GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IWorkbook,GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.PredefinedNumberFormats@)">TryGetNumberFormatCategory(NumberFormat, IWorkbook, out PredefinedNumberFormats)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the category of the specified number format.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static bool TryGetNumberFormatCategory(NumberFormat numberFormat, IWorkbook workbook, out PredefinedNumberFormats category)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Function TryGetNumberFormatCategory(numberFormat As NumberFormat, workbook As IWorkbook, ByRef category As PredefinedNumberFormats) As Boolean</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="../GrapeCity.Spreadsheet/GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.NumberFormat.html">NumberFormat</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">numberFormat</span></td>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="../GrapeCity.Spreadsheet/GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IWorkbook.html">IWorkbook</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">workbook</span></td>
      <td><p>The current <a class="xref" href="../GrapeCity.Spreadsheet/GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IWorkbook.html">IWorkbook</a> object.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="../GrapeCity.Spreadsheet/GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.PredefinedNumberFormats.html">PredefinedNumberFormats</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">category</span></td>
      <td><p>The category of the number format.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><p><code>true</code> if the number format belongs to predefined categories; otherwise, <code>false</code>.</p>
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