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NumberFormatInfo::NumberNegativePattern Property
Visual Studio 2010
Gets or sets the format pattern for negative numeric values.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System::Int32The format pattern for negative numeric values. The default for InvariantInfo is 1, which represents "-n", where n is a number.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | The property is being set to a value that is less than 0 or greater than 4. |
| InvalidOperationException | The property is being set and the NumberFormatInfo is read-only. |
This property has one of the values in the following table. The symbol "-" is the NegativeSign and n is a number.
Value | Associated Pattern |
|---|---|
0 | (n) |
1 | -n |
2 | - n |
3 | n- |
4 | n - |
The following example prints a value using different NumberNegativePattern patterns.
using namespace System; using namespace System::Globalization; int main() { // Creates a new NumberFormatinfo. NumberFormatInfo^ myNfi = gcnew NumberFormatInfo; // Takes a negative value. Int64 myInt = -1234; // Displays the value with default formatting. Console::WriteLine( "Default \t:\t {0}", myInt.ToString( "N", myNfi ) ); // Displays the value with other patterns. for ( int i = 0; i <= 4; i++ ) { myNfi->NumberNegativePattern = i; Console::WriteLine( "Pattern {0}\t:\t {1}", myNfi->NumberNegativePattern, myInt.ToString( "N", myNfi ) ); } } /* This code produces 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 - */
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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