String format with positive sign

[InertiaM]

Is there a character I can use in a String.Format method that will return either a negative '-' or positive '+' sign? I have to create a string with 8 values to send to a printer, which looks something like :-

Z2;2,+000+000+00-450+00+00-00-000000

All of the values may be negative or positive. I know I can loop all the variables with IF..THEN..ELSE to give me the sign, but this just seems tedious

 

[cjard]

String.Format("Pos:{0:+#;-#;Z0} Neg:{1:+#;-#;Z0} Zero:{2:+#;-#;Z0}", 100, -100, 0)

-> "Pos:+100 Neg:-100 Zero:Z0"

{0:+#;-#;Z0}

Do if positive
Do if negative
Do if Zero

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0c899ak8.aspx

 

[InertiaM]

Note to self - always scroll to the bottom of MSDN articles. I read the 2005 version (where the examples are at the bottom) as opposed to the 2008 version where the examples are included at the relevant point. Needless to say, I didnt scroll down to the bottom