int.Parse and NumberStyles.AllowParentheses

[Guest]

Hi,

Just a quick question: How come that using int.Parse("(20),
NumberStyles.AllowParenthesis" ); returns a negative value?

I would definetly expect that call to return something positive.

Thanks, Bernhard.

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

If you look at standard numbering, in apps like Excel, negative numbers can
take one of the following formats:

-20
(20)

The same methodology has been put into .NET.

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[Rad [Visual C# MVP]]

Hi,

Just a quick question: How come that using int.Parse("(20),
NumberStyles.AllowParenthesis" ); returns a negative value?

I would definetly expect that call to return something positive.

Thanks, Bernhard.

Parenthesizing negative numbers is an accounting principle, that can be
utilized in the .NET Framework

 

[Guest]

This still does not make sense because you do not expect something general as
int.Parse()/NumberStyles.* to be accounting specific.

But thanks for the explanation. I can now see where it originates from.
Thanks, B.