Formatting negative numbers without space between minus sign and number

How can I format these numbers without a space between the minus sign
and the number. I use the following "Format" for my numbers:
# ### ### ### (and have also tested to add ;-# ### ### ###) without
success!
-90000000.12345 formats to - 90 000 000 when I would like to have -90
000 000 Numbers like -1 should also be accpted... -1 instead of - 1...
Is there an easier whay to format this number? And how can I remove
the space...
Thank youI tried working with your example and several variations on the ### format
string. The space between the "-" and the value seems to built-in to that
format string. Please see the following for additional ideas:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconformattingoverview.asp
Bruce Johnson [MSFT]
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
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"Andreas Kardell" <akardell@.home.se> wrote in message
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> How can I format these numbers without a space between the minus sign
> and the number. I use the following "Format" for my numbers:
> # ### ### ### (and have also tested to add ;-# ### ### ###) without
> success!
> -90000000.12345 formats to - 90 000 000 when I would like to have -90
> 000 000 Numbers like -1 should also be accpted... -1 instead of - 1...
> Is there an easier whay to format this number? And how can I remove
> the space...
> Thank you|||Hi Andreas
I found the following format worked in some instances ie for numbers 999 or
999999 etc.
=iif(Fields!ActualQty.Value < 0, "# ###"," # ###")
I too am having fun with conditional formating at the moment.
Fiona
"Bruce Johnson [MSFT]" wrote:
> I tried working with your example and several variations on the ### format
> string. The space between the "-" and the value seems to built-in to that
> format string. Please see the following for additional ideas:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconformattingoverview.asp
>
> --
> Bruce Johnson [MSFT]
> Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Andreas Kardell" <akardell@.home.se> wrote in message
> news:67424f9d.0410130707.1e79c943@.posting.google.com...
> > How can I format these numbers without a space between the minus sign
> > and the number. I use the following "Format" for my numbers:
> > # ### ### ### (and have also tested to add ;-# ### ### ###) without
> > success!
> >
> > -90000000.12345 formats to - 90 000 000 when I would like to have -90
> > 000 000 Numbers like -1 should also be accpted... -1 instead of - 1...
> >
> > Is there an easier whay to format this number? And how can I remove
> > the space...
> >
> > Thank you
>
>|||Thank you Bruce!
I'm not too familiar with .NET Framework yet so I solved it by putting
the following code into the value field instead and leaving the format
field empty:
=IIF(Fields!fQuantity.Value < 0, "-", "") +
Ltrim(Format(Abs(Fields!fQuantity.Value), "# ### ### ###"))
I'm not too happy about this workaround but I use it for now.
Thanks a lot
"Bruce Johnson [MSFT]" <brucejoh@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<ulD7npUsEHA.3324@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>...
> I tried working with your example and several variations on the ### format
> string. The space between the "-" and the value seems to built-in to that
> format string. Please see the following for additional ideas:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconformattingoverview.asp
>
> --
> Bruce Johnson [MSFT]
> Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "Andreas Kardell" <akardell@.home.se> wrote in message
> news:67424f9d.0410130707.1e79c943@.posting.google.com...
> > How can I format these numbers without a space between the minus sign
> > and the number. I use the following "Format" for my numbers:
> > # ### ### ### (and have also tested to add ;-# ### ### ###) without
> > success!
> >
> > -90000000.12345 formats to - 90 000 000 when I would like to have -90
> > 000 000 Numbers like -1 should also be accpted... -1 instead of - 1...
> >
> > Is there an easier whay to format this number? And how can I remove
> > the space...
> >
> > Thank you|||Well, I don't have the same experience.
I am using SP1, but you are probably using that too.
Here's the format string I use in the format property of the TextBox.
#,#;-#,#;0
If you need to use it in code, the syntax would be:
String.Format("{0:#,#;-#,#;0}", Field.Value)
The result is just what you say you are wanting.
BTW, if it still does not work I suggest using CUSTOM CODE (look it up
in the help) to standardize/centralize the code you use to do the
formatting.
BR//Jerry|||#,#;-#,#;0