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Coolasia
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Coolasia asked on 06 Jul 2015, 08:39 AM

Hi,

 I am using the {0:C} format for a number column in the grid, the positive values are showing correctly but when there are negative values they are shown in brackets for e.g. ($203.00) instead of -$203.00. I want to show the negative symbol instead of bracket also how to customize the currency symbol, I want to show text instead of symbol.

 Please suggest to fix the issue.

 Thanks in advance.

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answered on 07 Jul 2015, 09:04 AM

Hi Admins,

 Can some one please reply to my above question.

Thanks in advance.

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Nikolay Rusev
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answered on 08 Jul 2015, 06:52 AM

Hello Coolasia,

 

Number formatting depends on the current culture which by default is en-US. For this culture negative currency formatting pattern is ($n) - which is the reason for the output you see.

 

For this scenario you have the following choices:

 - override current culture negative pattern, i.e execute the following script before Grid initialization:

 kendo.culture().numberFormat.currency.pattern[0] = "-$n";

 

You can find more details what those placeholders means here.

 

 - or define template for the column instead of format, i.e

template: #=(data.myField < 0 ? '-$' : '') + Math.abs(data.myField) #"

 

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answered on 20 Aug 2020, 03:40 PM

Hi Nikolay,

I have a specific question regarding negative Currency values being displayed in parenthesis. My requirement is to NOT show negative Currency Value (Payment) in parenthesis when the Payment was cancelled because in reality that amount was never deducted. Is there a way to handle this in Telerik? Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ricktor.

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Petar
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answered on 24 Aug 2020, 10:51 AM

Hi Ricktor,

If the targeted functionality is to not display the negative values in a given currency column, this functionality can be implemented using the following approach.

First, we have to define a column template as follows:

field: "UnitPrice", title: "Unit Price", format: "{0:c}", width: "120px", template: '#=getPrice(data)#' }

The second step is to define the function that will return the correct Grid template. Here is the function I can suggest. The same can be implemented using a ternary operator

function getPrice(data){
    if(data.UnitPrice < 0) {
    return '';
    }
    else return data.UnitPrice
}

The marked 'UnitPrice' field should be changed with the corresponding field in the context of your application. 

Here is a Dojo example demonstrating the usage of the above code. Set negative values in the UnitPrice fields inside the Grid and see that the negative values will not appear.

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Petar
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answered on 24 Aug 2020, 02:33 PM

Thanks Petar. However, I needed to omit parenthesis only for certain transactions in a currency value column (sucha as a cancelled transaction)... I didn't want a column with all values without paranthesis. This could be achieved by converting those specific values to positive which removes the paranthesis -- I could do this because this data is not shown for reporting purposes.

Thanks,

Ricktor.

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Petar
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answered on 25 Aug 2020, 10:31 AM

Hi Ricktor,

I am not aware of the exact scenario in which you use the Grid. The purpose of the sample I've sent you was to demonstrate how we can use a cell template inside the Grid. Based on the targeted business logic, you can edit the definition of the getPrice function in a way it will return the expected by your business logic data.

If it fits the business requirements of your applications, you can also convert the mentioned specific values to positive ones.

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answered on 25 Aug 2020, 05:43 PM

Thanks Ricktor. I will try out your solution as well.

Appreciate it.

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