Hi,
Is there any formatting that adds + or - sign before number. Normally it
adds - sigh if number is negative and no sign if positive.
I want to add + sign when number is positive.

Thank you in advance.

Shailesh

Shailesh,

The most simple is mostly something as

A = 0 - A

As you mean as a string then use the overloaded ToString with the numeric
formatprovider.

Cor

Did you mean 'A = -A', which will cause the sign to be "swapped"?

I took a look at the custom numeric format strings documentation and I could
not come up with a formatting pattern which will cause the sign of the
number to be shown regardless if it is a "+" or a "-".  'NumberFormatInfo'
contains properties which will return the sign characters, but documentation
states that they are only used for parsing and not for formatting.

Yes, nicer with the same result of course

I have people seen doing this.

A = -1 * A which I don't like at all.

Cor

I found this one that works.  Never had a need for it, but it does work:

dim x as double
string.Format("{0:+0;-0;0}", x)

I have to credit this url:
http://blogs.msdn.com/kathykam/archive/2006/03/29/564426.aspx


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