String.Format("{0:C2}", -1234) (Currency format) treats negative numbers as positive

Question

I am using `String.Format("{0:C2}", -1234)` to format numbers. It always formats the amount to a positive number, while I want it to become $ - 1234

Accepted Answer

I think I will simply use:

```
FormatCurrency(-1234.56, 2, UseParensForNegativeNumbers:=TriState.False)
```

(in Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings module)

Or in shorter words (this is what im actually going to use):

```
FormatCurrency(-1234.56, 2, 0, 0)
```

Or I will make myself a custom formatcurrency function that uses the VB function passing my custom params.

For further details take a look at the FormatCurrency Function (Visual Basic) in the msdn.

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