# Formatting for Numbers in Table Component

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/formatting-for-numbers-in-table-component/75691>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Tags:** custom-code, ux\
**Created:** [August 17, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/formatting-for-numbers-in-table-component/75691 "2024-08-17T11:36:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kevin\_Eaton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kevin_eaton/32/76162_2.png) [@Kevin\_Eaton](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Kevin_Eaton)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/formatting-for-numbers-in-table-component/75691/1 "2024-08-17T11:36:41Z")

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Hello Gliders 👋,  
I’m working on a client build for a financial reporting app. There are a bunch of math and number columns and some are positive and some are negative. I’m looking for two things that I cannot do by default in Glide or Glide Tables:

1. Show negative numbers as (50,000) rather than -50,000
2. Right justify numbers

For the first one; I can set up a few extra columns to remove the minus sign and add () which will end up being text columns. However, I’ll have to set this up for **every** number column… 😬  
Any thoughts on another way to go about this? I don’t know CSS but can copy and tweak code if it is out there.

For the second one; is there any way out there you know of to format the text for right justify? This seems to be best / standard practice for financial reporting because it gives quick view for different amounts in thousands / millions / billions etc.

Thanks for any thoughts / directions!

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**Author:** ![Himaladin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/himaladin/32/71023_2.png) [@Himaladin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Himaladin)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/formatting-for-numbers-in-table-component/75691/2 "2024-08-17T16:50:17Z")

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