CurrencyNegativePattern Property

NumberFormatInfo.CurrencyNegativePattern Property

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Gets or sets the format pattern for negative currency values.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public Property CurrencyNegativePattern As Integer

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
The format pattern for negative currency values. The default for InvariantInfo is 0, which represents "($n)", where "$" is the CurrencySymbol and n is a number.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The property is being set to a value that is less than 0 or greater than 15.

InvalidOperationException

The property is being set and the NumberFormatInfo object is read-only.

This property has one of the values in the following table. The symbol "$" is the CurrencySymbol, the symbol "-" is the NegativeSign, and n is a number.

Value

Associated pattern

0

($n)

1

-$n

2

$-n

3

$n-

4

(n$)

5

-n$

6

n-$

7

n$-

8

-n $

9

-$ n

10

n $-

11

$ n-

12

$ -n

13

n- $

14

($ n)

15

(n $)

The following example formats a numeric value using each of the 16 possible values of the CurrencyNegativePattern property for the current culture.


Imports System.Globalization

Public Module Example
   Public Sub Demo(outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      ' Create a read-write NumberFormatInfo object for the current culture.
      Dim numberInfo As NumberFormatInfo = DirectCast(NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.Clone, _
                                                      NumberFormatInfo)
      Dim value As Decimal = -16.32d

      ' Assign each possible value to the CurrencyNegativePattern property.
      For ctr As Integer = 0 to 15
         numberInfo.CurrencyNegativePattern = ctr
         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0,2}: {1}", ctr, _
                                           value.ToString("C", numberInfo)) + vbCrLf
      Next
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'        0: ($16.32)
'        1: -$16.32
'        2: $-16.32
'        3: $16.32-
'        4: (16.32$)
'        5: -16.32$
'        6: 16.32-$
'        7: 16.32$-
'        8: -16.32 $
'        9: -$ 16.32
'       10: 16.32 $-
'       11: $ 16.32-
'       12: $ -16.32
'       13: 16.32- $
'       14: ($ 16.32)
'       15: (16.32 $)


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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