std::moneypunct<CharT,International>:: positive_sign, do_positive_sign, negative_sign, do_negative_sign

Only the first character of the string returned is the character that appears in the pos_format() / neg_format() position indicated by the value sign . The rest of the characters appear after the rest of the monetary string.

In particular, for negative_sign of "-" , the formatting may appear as "-1.23 €" , while for negative_sign of "()" it would appear as "(1.23 €)" .

Return value

The string of type string_type holding the characters to be used as positive or negative sign.

Example

#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
 
struct my_punct : std::moneypunct_byname<char, false>
{
    my_punct(const char* name) : moneypunct_byname(name) {}
    string_type do_negative_sign() const { return "()"; }
};
 
int main()
{
    std::locale loc("de_DE.utf8");
    std::cout.imbue(loc);
    std::cout << loc.name() << " negative sign is '"
              << std::use_facet<std::moneypunct<char>>(loc).negative_sign()
              << "' for example: " << std::showbase << std::put_money(-1234) << '\n';
 
    std::locale loc2("ms_MY.utf8");
    std::cout.imbue(loc2);
    std::cout << loc2.name() << " negative sign is '"
              << std::use_facet<std::moneypunct<char>>(loc2).negative_sign()
              << "' for example: " << std::put_money(-1234) << '\n';
 
    std::cout.imbue(std::locale(std::cout.getloc(), new my_punct("de_DE.utf8")));
    std::cout << "de_DE.utf8 with negative_sign set to \"()\": "
              << std::put_money(-1234) << '\n';
}

de_DE.utf8 negative sign is '-' for example: -12,34 €
ms_MY.utf8 negative sign is '()' for example: (RM12.34)
de_DE.utf8 with negative_sign set to "()": (12,34 €)

See also