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Jince Martin
Jince Martin

Reputation: 231

Currency Formatting based on country

I tried a lot.But was unable to find a solution. I have a code for formatting currency. I am using the below code :

NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(locale);

Here I am facing an issue. Consider a case with France locale. In my case, locale can be en_FR and fr_FR.

DecimalFormatSymbols decimalFormats = new DecimalFormatSymbols();
decimalFormats.setCurrencySymbol(currencySymbol);
((DecimalFormat) numberFormat).setDecimalFormatSymbols(decimalFormats);

formattedCurrency = numberFormat.format(Double.valueOf(number));

So if the locale is en_FR, the formattedCurrency value will be € 10.00 and if the locale is fr_FR, the value will be 10.00 €.

So I would like to know the role of language code in this calculation methods.Since en_FR has en, I guess it is by default taking as en_US. So currency symbol coming left of price.

I need to get 10.00 € always if the country is France irrespective of language code. Is there are other way to get the currency formatting based on country, rather than locale?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2916

Answers (2)

Raju Sharma
Raju Sharma

Reputation: 2516

Just specify the country code , instead of language and country

try to modify like below for you :

String countryCode="FR"; // or use "String countryCode=Locale.getDefault().getCountry();" for system default locale
NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(new Locale(countryCode));

Note:

The Locale points to language and not to country specific , above code will work as expected in most scenario where the ISO country code and language code will be the same.

FYI

Upvotes: 2

achAmháin
achAmháin

Reputation: 4266

You can simply specify FRANCE as your Locale, and it will always print it on the right hand side for you.

String formattedCurrency = DecimalFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.FRANCE).format(10.00);

Output:

10,00 €

Edit:

You can get the user's Locale:

Locale currentLocale = Locale.getDefault();

And pass that as the parameter:

String formattedCurrency = DecimalFormat.getCurrencyInstance(currentLocale).format(10.00);

I'm not in France, but for me it will print:

€10.00

Which is correct for Ireland.

2nd Edit:

You can get the country name from the currentLocale above, by getting the display country - but this is stored as a String

String country = currentLocale.getDisplayCountry();

Then convert it to a Locale to use as a parameter

public static Locale getLocaleFromString(String localeString) {
        return new Locale(localeString, "");
    }

Note: this method is an edited snippet from here

And use it in your formatter then

Locale l = getLocaleFromString(country);
String number = DecimalFormat.getCurrencyInstance(l).format(10.00);

Upvotes: 0

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