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NumberFormatInfo::PercentNegativePattern Property

 

Gets or sets the format pattern for negative percent values.

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

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

Property Value

Type: System::Int32

The format pattern for negative percent values. The default for InvariantInfo is 0, which represents "-n %", where "%" is the PercentSymbol and n is a number.

Exception Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The property is being set to a value that is less than 0 or greater than 11.

InvalidOperationException

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

The PercentNegativePattern property is used with the "P" standard format string to define the pattern of negative percentage values. For more information, see Standard Numeric Format Strings. This property has one of the values in the following table. The symbol "%" is the PercentSymbol, the symbol "-" is the NegativeSign, and n is a number. Values 3-11 were introduced in the .NET Framework 2.0 and cannot be used in earlier versions.

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- %

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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