System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo.NumberNegativePattern Property

Gets or sets the format pattern for negative numeric values.

Syntax

public int NumberNegativePattern { get; set; }

Value

A int between 0 and 4 inclusive that specifies the format of negative values.

Exceptions

TypeReason
ArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionThe value specified for a set operation is less than 0 or greater than 4.
InvalidOperationExceptionThe current instance is read-only and a set operation was attempted.

Remarks

The NumberFormatInfo.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 NumberFormatInfo.NegativeSign and n is a number.

0

(n)

1

-n

2

- n

3

n-

4

n -

Example

The following example demonstrates the effects of different NumberFormatInfo.NumberNegativePattern property values.

C# Example

using System;
using System.Globalization;
class Test {
 public static void Main() {
 NumberFormatInfo nfi = new NumberFormatInfo();
 Double data = -9999999999999.00;
 for (int i = 0; i<=4; i++) {
 nfi.NumberNegativePattern = i;
 Console.WriteLine("pattern # {0}: {1}",i,data.ToString("N",nfi));
 }
 }
}

The output is

pattern # 0: (9,999,999,999,999.00)
pattern # 1: -9,999,999,999,999.00
pattern # 2: - 9,999,999,999,999.00
pattern # 3: 9,999,999,999,999.00-
pattern # 4: 9,999,999,999,999.00 -

Requirements

Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0