Number formatting

[RDS2]

Why doesn,t this work?????

If I exclude the "IF" portion the formatting works ok.

I want "negative numbers" to be enclosed by ().

This works (no error) but I still get a intintial "-" in front of the number.


=IIf(Round([tot_ugl],0)=0,"-",(Round(FormatNumber([tot_ugl],-1,-1,-1,-1),0)))

 

[genomon]

Save yourself a lot of trouble and have a look at the FormatNumber function. Here it is, straight from Access help:

FormatNumber Function


Description

Returns an expression formatted as a number.

Syntax

FormatNumber(Expression[,NumDigitsAfterDecimal [,IncludeLeadingDigit [,UseParensForNegativeNumbers [,GroupDigits]]]])

The FormatNumber function syntax has these parts:

Part Description
Expression Required. Expression to be formatted.
NumDigitsAfterDecimal Optional. Numeric value indicating how many places to the right of the decimal are displayed. Default value is –1, which indicates that the computer's regional settings are used.
IncludeLeadingDigit Optional. Tristate constant that indicates whether or not a leading zero is displayed for fractional values. See Settings section for values.
UseParensForNegativeNumbers Optional. Tristate constant that indicates whether or not to place negative values within parentheses. See Settings section for values.
GroupDigits Optional. Tristate constant that indicates whether or not numbers are grouped using the group delimiter specified in the computer's regional settings. See Settings section for values.



Settings

The IncludeLeadingDigit, UseParensForNegativeNumbers, and GroupDigits arguments have the following settings:

Constant Value Description
vbTrue –1 True
vbFalse 0 False
vbUseDefault –2 Use the setting from the computer's regional settings.



Remarks

When one or more optional arguments are omitted, the values for omitted arguments are provided by the computer's regional settings.

Note All settings information comes from the Regional Settings Number tab.

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