by Michael S. Kaplan, published on 2005/10/19 12:31 -04:00, original URI: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2005/10/19/482608.aspx
If you look at the NumberFormatInfo.PercentNegativePattern property in the pre-2.0 version of the .NET Framework, it has a limited number of items:
| Value | Associated Pattern |
|---|---|
| 0 | -n % |
| 1 | -n% |
| 2 | -%n |
If you look at the 2.0 property, it has been expanded a bit!
Value Associated Pattern 0 -n % 1 -n% 2 -%n 3 %-n 4 %n- 5 n-% 6 n%- 7 -%n 8 n %- 9 % n- 10 % -n 11 n- %
Awesome!
Of course we are lucky to have SDETs like John Caffrey and SDEs like Sébastien Molines on our team, since they don't let the little details slip by.
(Did I mention that I though GIFT was an awesome team?)
As John noticed, in that table pattern number 2 and pattern number 7 are clearly the same.
And then as Sébastien noticed, this does not match what is in the code. This is actually just a typo in the documentation -- the actual table ought to be:
Value Associated Pattern 0 -n % 1 -n% 2 -%n 3 %-n 4 %n- 5 n-% 6 n%- 7 -% n 8 n %- 9 % n- 10 % -n 11 n- %
Ok, so eventually the docs will be fixed and the information will be in a more sustantial place than my little corner.
In the meantime, maybe this note will keep someone from choosing the wrong format. :-)
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