But if you're doing it for accounting reasons, that's the convention. You use parentheses INSTEAD OF as negative sign. It makes it stick out because on the rhs the parens stands out in a column of its own.
Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Olson Sent: 10 February 2004 15:10 To: 'U2 Users Discussion List' Subject: RE: Formatting a Negative parens ??? theres the qoute() function or an conversion code oconv( negnum , 'MD<' ) but you loose the - sign ex. < negnum > -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Baruch Salamander Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Formatting a Negative What's the exact command that places parenthesis around a negative number? -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users Notice of Confidentiality: The information included and/or attached in this electronic mail transmission may contain confidential or privileged information and is intended for the addressee. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, distribution or the taking of action in reliance on the contents of the information is prohibited. If you believe that you have received the message in error, please notify the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or disclosing it. -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users *********************************************************************************** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. *********************************************************************************** -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
