A int between 0 and 15 inclusive, which specifies the format of negative currency values.
Type Reason ArgumentOutOfRangeException The value specified for a set operation is less than 0 or greater than 15. InvalidOperationException The current instance is read-only and a set operation was attempted.
The NumberFormatInfo.CurrencyNegativePattern property is used with the "C" standard format string to define the pattern of negative currency values. For more information, see Standard Numeric Format Strings. This property has one of the values in the following table. The symbol "$" is the NumberFormatInfo.CurrencySymbol, the symbol "-" is the NumberFormatInfo.NegativeSign, and n is a number.
0 |
($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 demonstrates the effects of different NumberFormatInfo.CurrencyNegativePattern property values.
C# Example
using System; using System.Globalization; class Test { public static void Main() { NumberFormatInfo nfi = new NumberFormatInfo(); decimal myMoney = -9999999999999.00m; for (int i = 0; i<=15; i++) { nfi.CurrencyNegativePattern = i; Console.WriteLine("pattern # {0}: {1}",i,myMoney.ToString("C",nfi)); } } }
The output is
pattern # 0: ($9,999,999,999,999.00)