Entering negative numbers into a field

How do I allow an item (non-base table) to accept negative numbers that are entered in the following way, "x-". I know that you can have a format mask with "x-". But that will not help me in this situation. Thanks in advance for your help!

I dont kno what is your exact requirement. But if you are trying to accept a -ve number you can just enter -30 in a number field. but if you want 30- to be entered in a field then you can not do it directly. The workarround may be create a character field let the user enter the 30-. Possibility is that he may enter alphabetic or alpha numeric ,in this case take the substring of the field and check if it is a number field or not. if its not then do raise a message and raise form_trigger_failure to force the user to enter a valid number.
like
If NOT isnum(substr(:field1,1,length(:field1)-1) Then
message ('Please enter a valid number');
Raise Form_Trigger_failure;
End If;
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