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Asked: 2026-05-15T23:34:26+00:00

I have a string.Format like this : string Test = string.Format({0:#,0}, NegativeNumber); how can

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I have a string.Format like this :

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

how can I change the negative sign position (Direction -> left or right)?

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    The easiest route might be to just 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

    Custom Numeric Format Strings

    The semicolon (;) is a conditional format specifier that applies different formatting to a number depending on whether its value is positive, negative, or zero. To produce this behavior, a custom format string can contain up to three sections separated by semicolons. These sections are described in the following table.

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