NEGPARENw.d

NEGPARENw.d

Writes negative numeric values in parentheses

Category: Numeric

Alignment: right

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Comparisons
Examples

Syntax

NEGPARENw.d

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	6
Range:	1-32

d

optionally specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the numeric value.

Range:

0-2

Details

The NEGPARENw.d format displays nonnegative numbers with blanks instead of parentheses for proper column alignment. That is, NEGPARENw.d reserves the last column for a right parenthesis, even when the value is positive. If the field is wide enough, NEGPARENw.d places parentheses around a number to represent a negative value. Otherwise, it uses a minus sign.

Comparisons

The NEGPARENw.d format is similar to the COMMAw.d format in that it separates every three digits of the value with a comma.

Examples

put @1 sales negparen5.;

Values Results

----+----1----+

100

100

1000

1,000

-2000

(200)

-2000

-2,000

Values	Results
	----+----1----+
100	100
1000	1,000
-2000	(200)
-2000	-2,000

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