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.

A {n, f} spec fixes the digits after the decimal point. The closing bracket takes a column of its own, so a padded fraction is one slot wider than f:

$ wo 'ToString[AccountingForm[-12.3, {5, 2}]]'
(12.3)

$ wo 'ToString[AccountingForm[12.3, {6, 3}, NumberPadding -> {" ", "0"}]]'
  12.3000

NumberSigns replaces the brackets:

$ wo 'ToString[AccountingForm[-12.3, NumberSigns -> {"<", ">"}]]'
<12.3

A list is formatted element-wise:

$ wo 'ToString[AccountingForm[{-1.5, 2.5}]]'
{(1.5), 2.5}