Format Positive And Negative Number In C#

Sometimes we need to format numbers with Positive (+) and Negative (-) signs which we can achieve easily using string formatting.

Sometimes we need to format Numbers with Positive (+) and Negative (-) signs which we can achieve easily using string formatting.

Given below is string format which has three parts separated by a semicolon, the first is for positive numbers, the second is for negative numbers and the third is for zero. 

       private static double posNumber = 224.233;
       private static double negNumber = -226.256;
       private static double zeroNumber = 0;

       static void Main(string[] args)
       {
           string format = "+#.##;-#.##;(0)";

           Console.WriteLine(posNumber.ToString(format));
           Console.WriteLine(negNumber.ToString(format));
           Console.WriteLine(zeroNumber.ToString(format));

           Console.ReadLine();
       }

Output

+224.23

-226.26

(0)