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Strip accounting-style parentheses from expense report names in LHN#83604

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Explanation of Change

The backend (OldDot/PHP) formats negative expense amounts using accounting-style parentheses (e.g., ($25.00)) in the report.reportName field. When this server-provided name is used as the LHN preview text for expense reports, the parenthesized amount shows up in the UI.

This PR adds a stripAccountingBrackets helper in ReportNameUtils.ts that strips accounting-style parentheses from currency amounts. It's applied in both getMoneyRequestReportName and computeReportName — the two places where report.reportName is returned directly for expense reports.

Additionally, buildOptimisticExpenseReport in ReportUtils.ts was formatting the stored negative total directly via convertToDisplayString(storedTotal), which could produce -$25.00 in the optimistic report name. This is fixed to use Math.abs(storedTotal) so the display amount is always positive.

Fixed Issues

$ #83269
PROPOSAL: #83269 (comment)

Tests

  1. Go to staging.new.expensify.com
  2. Go to a workspace chat
  3. Create an expense
  4. Open the expense report
  5. Click on the report header > Pin
  6. Close the RHP
  7. Open the pinned expense report
  8. Navigate away from the expense report
  9. Verify the LHN preview does NOT show the expense amount in brackets/parentheses (e.g., should show $25.00 not ($25.00))
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

This change only affects how report names are displayed — it strips formatting from server-provided strings. No network requests are made, so offline behavior is unchanged.

QA Steps

  1. Go to a workspace chat
  2. Create an expense
  3. Open the expense report
  4. Click on the report header > Pin
  5. Close the RHP
  6. Open the pinned expense report
  7. Navigate away from the expense report
  8. Verify the LHN preview does NOT show the expense amount in brackets/parentheses
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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Screenshots/Videos

Android: Native

N/A — text-only change, no UI layout affected

Android: mWeb Chrome

N/A — text-only change, no UI layout affected

iOS: Native

N/A — text-only change, no UI layout affected

iOS: mWeb Safari

N/A — text-only change, no UI layout affected

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

N/A — text-only change, no UI layout affected

The backend formats negative expense amounts with accounting-style
parentheses (e.g., "($25.00)") in report.reportName. This caused the
LHN preview to display amounts in brackets. Add stripAccountingBrackets
helper to normalize these in getMoneyRequestReportName and
computeReportName. Also fix buildOptimisticExpenseReport to use
Math.abs for the display amount.

Co-authored-by: Aimane Chnaif <aimane-chnaif@users.noreply.github.com>
- Change String#replace() to String#replaceAll() in
  stripAccountingBrackets to satisfy unicorn/prefer-string-replace-all
- Fix import ordering in getClipboardTextTest.ts for Prettier

Co-authored-by: Aimane Chnaif <aimane-chnaif@users.noreply.github.com>
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Fixed the failing checks:

  1. ESLint error (unicorn/prefer-string-replace-all): Changed String#replace() to String#replaceAll() in stripAccountingBrackets in src/libs/ReportNameUtils.ts:158
  2. Prettier diff: Fixed import ordering in tests/unit/libs/getClipboardTextTest.ts (pre-existing issue on main, not caused by this PR)

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Fixed the failing checks in commit 0d1a6ca:

  1. ESLint error (unicorn/prefer-string-replace-all): Changed String#replace() to String#replaceAll() in src/libs/ReportNameUtils.ts:158
  2. Prettier formatting: Fixed formatting in tests/unit/libs/getClipboardTextTest.ts

All lint, typecheck, and test checks are now passing. Only builds and Snyk scans are still pending (infrastructure checks, not related to code changes).

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Codecov Report

✅ Changes either increased or maintained existing code coverage, great job!

Files with missing lines Coverage Δ
src/libs/ReportNameUtils.ts 81.40% <100.00%> (+0.10%) ⬆️
src/libs/ReportUtils.ts 75.52% <100.00%> (+0.04%) ⬆️
... and 33 files with indirect coverage changes

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