NumberFormatInfo.NumberNegativePattern Property

public:
 property int NumberNegativePattern { int get(); void set(int value); };

public int NumberNegativePattern { get; set; }

member this.NumberNegativePattern : int with get, set

Public Property NumberNegativePattern As Integer

Property Value

The format pattern for negative numeric values.

Exceptions

Examples

The following example displays a value using different NumberNegativePattern patterns.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;

int main()
{
   // Create a new NumberFormatinfo.
   NumberFormatInfo^ nfi = gcnew NumberFormatInfo;
   
   // Takes a negative value.
   Int64 value = -1234;
   
   // Displays the value with default formatting.
   Console::WriteLine("{0,-20} {1,-10}", "Default:", 
                          value.ToString("N", nfi));
   
   // Displays the value with other patterns.
   for (int i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
      nfi->NumberNegativePattern = i;
      Console::WriteLine("{0,-20} {1,-10}", 
                              String::Format("Pattern {0}:", 
                                             nfi->NumberNegativePattern), 
                              value.ToString("N", nfi));
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       Default:             -1,234.00
//       Pattern 0:           (1,234.00)
//       Pattern 1:           -1,234.00
//       Pattern 2:           - 1,234.00
//       Pattern 3:           1,234.00-
//       Pattern 4:           1,234.00 -

 using System;
 using System.Globalization;

 class Example
 {
     public static void Main()  {

       // Create a new NumberFormatinfo.
       NumberFormatInfo nfi = new NumberFormatInfo();

       // Define a negative value.
       Int64 value = -1234;

       // Display the value with default formatting.
        Console.WriteLine("{0,-20} {1,-10}", "Default:",
                          value.ToString("N", nfi));

       // Display the value with other patterns.
       for (int i = 0; i <= 4; i++)  {
          nfi.NumberNegativePattern = i;
            Console.WriteLine("{0,-20} {1,-10}",
                              string.Format("Pattern {0}:",
                                            nfi.NumberNegativePattern),
                              value.ToString("N", nfi));
       }
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       Default:             -1,234.00
//       Pattern 0:           (1,234.00)
//       Pattern 1:           -1,234.00
//       Pattern 2:           - 1,234.00
//       Pattern 3:           1,234.00-
//       Pattern 4:           1,234.00 -

Imports System.Globalization

Module Example
    Public Sub Main()
        ' Creates a new NumberFormatinfo.
        Dim nfi As New NumberFormatInfo()
        
        ' Define a negative value.
        Dim value As Int64 = -1234
        
        ' Display the value with default formatting.
        Console.WriteLine("{0,-20} {1,-10}", "Default:", 
                          value.ToString("N", nfi))
        
        ' Display the value with other patterns.
        For i As Integer = 0 To 4
            nfi.NumberNegativePattern = i
            Console.WriteLine("{0,-20} {1,-10}", 
                              String.Format("Pattern {0}:", 
                                            nfi.NumberNegativePattern), 
                              value.ToString("N", nfi))
        Next 
    End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'       Default:             -1,234.00
'       Pattern 0:           (1,234.00)
'       Pattern 1:           -1,234.00
'       Pattern 2:           - 1,234.00
'       Pattern 3:           1,234.00-
'       Pattern 4:           1,234.00 -

Remarks

The NumberNegativePattern property defines the format of negative values formatted with the "N" standard numeric format string. This property has one of the values in the following table. The symbol "-" is the NegativeSign and n is a number.

The default value for the invariant culture returned by the InvariantInfo property is 1, which represents "-n", where n is a number.

Applies to

See also

• NumberDecimalDigits
• NumberDecimalSeparator
• NumberGroupSeparator
• NumberGroupSizes
• NaNSymbol
• CurrencyNegativePattern
• PercentNegativePattern