8.3 NumericPicture

The NumericPicture class separates the formatting of a numeric value from its layout. The value specifies how many characters before and after the decimal place; the layout specifies the sign placement and padding. A numeric layout can be specified using five or fewer symbols as follows:

' ' == pad

's' == sign: "-" if negative, else ""

'S' == sign: "-" if negative, else " "

'+' == sign: "-" if negative, else "+"

'(' == sign: "(" if negative, else " "

')' == sign: ")" if negative, else " "

'N' == numeric

Examples: " sN", " (N)", "( N)", "s N", "NS"

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