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David Rogers
David Rogers

Reputation: 2653

EPPlus Format Cell as "Accounting" Number

In Excel you can format numbers in the following format:

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I'd like to format a cell with this format in EPPlus, but I don't see that property available:

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I've looked a number of other formats, , but none of them are the same. I also tried to set the "BuildIn" number(it has no setter, this didn't work). I'm trying to use the system format, vs roll my own custom format. Is it possible to use the "Accounting" format with EPPlus?

Upvotes: 11

Views: 14077

Answers (4)

pettys
pettys

Reputation: 2468

In my testing, none of the answers to date are exactly correct. The cell contents look fine, but Excel doesn't recognize them as Accounting, so they show up as "Custom" in the format drop-down list. The following format string is recognized by Excel as "Accounting" and not "Custom":

const string AccountingFormat = @"_(""$""* #,##0.00_);_(""$""* \(#,##0.00\);_(""$""* ""-""??_);_(@_)";

ws.Cells["A1:A25"].Style.Numberformat.Format = AccountingFormat

(The differences with the other answers are the dollar signs are quoted here, and the inner parentheses are escaped.)

Upvotes: 1

Kiah Han
Kiah Han

Reputation: 83

I used this format is simulating same as "Accounting Number" in the Excel.

ws.Cells["A1:A5"].Style.Numberformat.Format = "_($* #,##0.00_);_($* (#,##0.00);_($* \"-\"??_);_(@_)"

Upvotes: 3

singularhum
singularhum

Reputation: 5122

EPPlus does not include the number formats built into Excel so you must set it manually.

All the built-in formats in Excel have an actual number format. For accounting, the format is:

-$* #,##0.00-;-$* #,##0.00_-;-$* "-"??-;-@-

The format above may differ depending on your region/settings. To see what the format is for any built-in formats:

  1. Right-click a cell and select Format Cells

  2. Click on your built-in format, in this case Accounting Image of the Accounting format

  3. Click on Custom to see the format of the previously selected format Image of the Accounting format in the Custom category to show actual format

Apply the format to your cells:

ws.Cells["A1:A5"].Style.Numberformat.Format = "_-$* #,##0.00_-;-$* #,##0.00_-;_-$* \"-\"??_-;_-@_-";

Upvotes: 20

VDWWD
VDWWD

Reputation: 35564

I don't know what an accounting number format looks like, but if you want the dollar sign behind the number, you can do this.

ws.Cells["A1:A25"].Style.Numberformat.Format = "#,##0.00 $";

Upvotes: 0

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