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NumberFormatInfo::NumberNegativePattern Property

 

Gets or sets the format pattern for negative numeric values.

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

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

Property Value

Type: System::Int32

The format pattern for negative numeric values.

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 object is read-only.

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.

Value

Associated pattern

0

(n)

1

-n

2

- n

3

n-

4

n -

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

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 -

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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