# Accounting Format String

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accounting-format-string/15588>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accounting-format-string/15588 "2017-10-05T21:55:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jmoller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@Jmoller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jmoller)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accounting-format-string/15588/1 "2017-10-05T21:55:44Z")

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Is there a way to pad a character in the power table number format string? I’m doing this: $ #,##0;$ (#,##0), but i need the $ left justified.

Thanks