Value

A int between 0 and 2 inclusive that specifies the format of negative percent values.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The value specified for a set operation is less than 0 or greater than 2.
InvalidOperationException	The current instance is read-only and a set operation was attempted.

Remarks

The following table describes the valid values for this property. "%" is used as the value for NumberFormatInfo.PercentSymbol, "-" is used as the value for NumberFormatInfo.NegativeSign, and 999 represents any numeric value.

Value	Pattern
0	-999 %
1	-999%
2	-%999

The culture-invariant value for this property is 0.

Example

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

C# Example

using System;
using System.Globalization;
class Test {
 public static void Main() {
 NumberFormatInfo nfi = new NumberFormatInfo();
 decimal data = -.9900m;
 for (int i = 0; i<=2 ; i++) {
 nfi.PercentNegativePattern = i;
 Console.WriteLine("pattern # {0}: {1}",i,data.ToString("P",nfi));
 }
 }
}
   

The output is

pattern # 0: -99.00 %
pattern # 1: -99.00%
pattern # 2: -%99.00

Requirements

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