[RESOLVED] simple string formatting? help a newb!

[armon]

Suppose I have a string like (98823.43), where the ( and ) signify a negative number.
How could I have the string be reformatted to be like <$98,823.43> ? But I would also need it not to add the < and > if the number is 98823.43 for example.

Thanks for any help! 😃

[sneakyimp]

http://us2.php.net/number_format

and use an if statement.
if ($number < 0) {
$number = "<" . $number . ">";
}