Ctype casting to Decimal returning negative value

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8354623

Question

I am wondering if this is a bug. Can't understand why would CType work this way...!

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Solution

This happens because enclosing a value in () means it is a negative number.

It is a standard financial notation for amounts that are deducted.

When a number is parsed, if NumberStyles.AllowParentheses is set for NumberStyles, then they will be interpreted as a negative value.

See Parsing numeric strings on MSDN:

NumberStyles.AllowParentheses

Parentheses can be used to indicate negative values.

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