Re: What data formats use parentheses to indicate anegative va

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From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:01:10 -0700

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., <costello@m...> 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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- What data formats use parentheses to indicate a negative value?
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