Best way to add the minus "-" front of decimal value

Question

I would like to ask how i should add the minus sign front of a decimal value.

i want the user to add e.g. 100 and behind the scenes to convert it in -100

thank you.

Answer 1

What's wrong with

a = -a?

Answer 2

If it's a decimal, convert it to a decimal, and then multiple by literal -1m. Or what Pavel said.

Answer 3

Multiply by -1.

Answer 4

I'm not sure about whether I got your question right. Are you asking how to negate a number?

decimal negated = -1.0M * userInputValue;

Is that what you are asking for? Or are you asking for automatically formatting the number as if the user had entered a negative number? In that case you could do:

string display = String.Format("-{0}", userInputValue);

I'm still not sure whether I get what you want...