String Format - how to change the position of a negative sign

Question

I have string.Format:

string Test = string.Format("{0:#,0}", NegativeNumber);

How can I change the position of a negative sign (Direction → left or right)?

Answer 1

The easiest way is to simply have a different format for negative numbers

string Test = string.Format("{0:#,0;#,0-}", NegativeNumber);

Results:

PS C:\> '{0:#,0;#,0-}' -f -17.2

17-

PS C:\> '{0:#,0;#,0-}' -f 17.2

17

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Answer 2

:

String.Format("{0:0.00;0.00-;zero}", -123.4567);