how can add braces "(" and ")" and remove negative sign

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I have a negative numbers for that i want to remove the negative sign and add braces to first and last of the numbers

for eg:

-556445.90 to (556445.90) like this.

Posted 2-Jan-12 2:58am

lakshmichawala

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-01-02T03:04:00

Solution 1

I assume that is is to do with formatting a number for output?
ToString has an overload that accepts a format string:

C#

int neg = -16;
int pos = 16;
Console.WriteLine(neg.ToString("##;(##)"));
Console.WriteLine(pos.ToString("##;(##)"));

Would print

(16)
16

Posted 2-Jan-12 3:04am

OriginalGriff

Andreas Gieriet · Answer 2 · 2012-01-02T03:08:00

Solution 3

How about:

C#

decimal d = -556445.90m;
string s = d < 0 ? "(" + (-d).ToString() + ")" : d.ToString();

Cheers

Andi

Posted 2-Jan-12 3:08am

Andreas Gieriet

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[no name] 2-Jan-12 9:11am

Brute force. Not very maintainable or elegant.

Not Active · Answer 3 · 2012-01-02T03:08:00

Solution 2

Use a format specifier, such as

C#

decimal d = -556445.90;
string s = (d*-1).ToString("(f)");

Standard Numeric Format Strings[^]

Posted 2-Jan-12 3:08am

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Updated 2-Jan-12 3:10am

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Rajesh Anuhya · Answer 4 · 2012-01-02T03:16:00

Solution 4

Here is another way

Console.WriteLine("(" + Math.Abs(-15.058e18) + ")");

Posted 2-Jan-12 3:16am

Rajesh Anuhya

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[no name] 2-Jan-12 16:31pm

Same as #3, brute force string concatenation.