java tutorial - Internationalizing Currency (I18N with Currency) - java programming - learn java - java basics - java for beginners
- If we internationalize the date, time, numbers,and also internationalize the currency.
- The currency differs from one place to another so we need to internationalize the currency.
- The NumberFormat class provides methods to format the currency according to the locale.
- The getCurrencyInstance() method of the NumberFormat class returns the instance of the NumberFormat class.
Syntax
public static NumberFormat getCurrencyInstance(Locale locale) click below button to copy the code. By - java tutorial - team
Example
- In this example, we are internationalizing the currency.
- The format method of the NumberFormat class formats the double value into the locale specific currency.
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.*;
public class I18NCurrency {
static void printCurrency(Locale locale){
double num=17400.7878;
NumberFormat formatter=NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(locale);
String currency=formatter.format(num);
System.out.println("Currency "+currency+" and locale "+locale);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
printCurrency(Locale.UK);
printCurrency(Locale.US);
printCurrency(Locale.FRANCE);
}
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Output
Currency £17,400.79 and locale en_GB
Currency $17,400.79 and locale en_US
Currency 17 400,79 € and locale fr_FR