Hiding symbol with Currency Format

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wenyb - 29 Sep 2004 08:06 GMT

I use NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance to get a formatter to display
amounts. It automatically shows the amount with the currency symbol. I
want amounts to be display in a column but without the symbol. Is it
possible to do this simply ?

Thanks.

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Paul Lutus - 29 Sep 2004 08:22 GMT

> I use NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance to get a formatter to display
> amounts. It automatically shows the amount with the currency symbol. I
> want amounts to be display in a column but without the symbol. Is it
> possible to do this simply ?

Don't use NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(), instead use DecimalFormat.

Like this:

import java.text.*;

public class Test {

public static void main(String[]args)
{
DecimalFormat fmt = new DecimalFormat("#,##0.00;(#,##0.00)");
double x = 0.01;
for(int i = 0;i < 12;i++) {
System.out.println(fmt.format(x));
x *= 10.0;
}
}
}

Result:

0.01
0.10
1.00
10.00
100.00
1,000.00
10,000.00
100,000.00
1,000,000.00
10,000,000.00
100,000,000.00
1,000,000,000.00

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Lothar Kimmeringer - 29 Sep 2004 10:32 GMT

> Don't use NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(), instead use DecimalFormat.

Not good.

> DecimalFormat fmt = new DecimalFormat("#,##0.00;(#,##0.00)");

Only works for a subset of all available currencies.

Gruesse, Lothar

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RobM - 29 Sep 2004 12:02 GMT

Hi - you could try numberformat.getNumberInstance and use the function
setMinimumFractionDigits(2)

HTH
Rob

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wenyb - 29 Sep 2004 18:37 GMT

wenyb a écrit :

Thanks for the answers.

Using DecimalFormat is indeed not good for the reason given by Lothar
Kimmeringer.

I found a way by calling setPositivePrefix("") and setPositiveSuffix("")
on the format returned by getCurrencyFormat. But I wonder if it covers
all the cases.

Thanks.

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wenyb - 30 Sep 2004 22:05 GMT

wenyb a écrit :

> wenyb a écrit :
>
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>
> Thanks.

For interested people, found a cleaner way using
DecimalFormatSymbols.setCurrencySymbol("")

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