django__django-16046

Based on the issue description, I understand the problem. The Django numberformat.py file has code that checks if str_number[0] == "-" to detect negative numbers, but when the number field is null/empty, this causes an IndexError: string…

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Based on the issue description, I understand the problem. The Django `numberformat.py` file has code that checks if `str_number[0] == "-"` to detect negative numbers, but when the number field is null/empty, this causes an `IndexError: string index out of range` because you can't index into an empty string.

The fix is to check if `str_number` is non-empty before checking its first character. Here's the patch:

--- a/django/utils/numberformat.py
+++ b/django/utils/numberformat.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ def format(number, decimal_sep, decimal_pos=None, grouping=0, thousand_sep='',
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