AccountingForm¶

Formats a number in accounting notation: like NumberForm, but negative numbers are shown in parentheses instead of with a minus sign.

$ wo 'ToString[AccountingForm[1234.5]]'
1234.5

$ wo 'ToString[AccountingForm[-1234.5]]'
(1234.5)

A second argument gives the number of significant figures. Requesting fewer figures than the number has integer digits pads the trailing digits with zeros and emits the reqsigz warning.

$ wo 'ToString[AccountingForm[1234.5678, 3]]'

AccountingForm::reqsigz: Requested number precision is lower than number of digits shown; padding with zeros.
1230.