Re: [xml-dev] What data formats use parentheses to indicate a negative value?
I commonly see this in financial reports from corporations. Thus, I bet it's available as an Excel number format.
On Mon., Aug. 19, 2019, 5:27 a.m. Costello, Roger L., <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Folks,
I have heard that in some financial and/or accounting data formats negative numbers are wrapped in parenthesis instead of prefixed with a minus sign. For example, the following represents negative twelve:
(12)
Do you know what data formats use parentheses to indicate a negative value?
/Roger
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