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Java Currency Formatter

  • [deleted]     + 3 comments

    Am I misunderstanding how Locales work? I wasn't able to find a locale for india, and had to construct one using:

    NumberFormat inr = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(new Locale("en", "in"));

    for the US, I was able to just use 

    NumberFormat usd = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.US);

    My solution:

    import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.util.regex.*;

public class Solution {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        double payment = scanner.nextDouble();
        scanner.close();
        
        NumberFormat usd = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.US);
        System.out.println("US format = "+usd.format(payment));
        
        NumberFormat inr = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(new Locale("en", "in"));
        System.out.println("India format = "+inr.format(payment));
        
        
    }
}

    • mugurelmirica
       + 5 comments

      I couldn't solve it either. I used: 

      NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(new Locale("in")).format(payment))

      and got a funny looking character instead of "Rs":

      ¤12.324,13

      • [deleted]         + 1 comment
        NumberFormat inr = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(new Locale("en", "in"));

        Works correctly and formats the currency as need, I just feel like India would have a built-in locale, so I'm wondering if I'm just overlooking it.

        • AllisonP
           + 2 comments

          India does not have a built-in Locale; what you did was correct.

          • kondalarao
             + 2 comments

            when India doesn't have Locale, how is it interpreting india as "RS." ? I am confused!!

            • dhbarnett
               + 0 comments

              I'm struggling with the same thing. Did you ever find an answer here?

            • dunck
               + 0 comments

              She means a built-in locale like Locale.US - such a locale is so commonly used that it warrants being built-in. There are locales, however, for virtually every country, they just aren't all accessed in a 'built-in' way.

          • SureshKumarDL
             + 0 comments

            image what is wrong in the output can u explain?

      • vabz143
         + 0 comments

        Just change the LowerCase "in" to UpperCase. It'll Work.

      • Taylor40
         + 0 comments

        The Locale class has 3 constructors, (String language), (String language, String country), (String language, String country, String variant)

        Since you only provided 1 string it called the (String language) constructor, which is why the symbol is incorrect

      • Apoorvsh
         + 0 comments

        says cannot find the variable for India. Please help.

      • code4bronson
         + 0 comments

        (new Locale("en","IN"))

        That should fix the symbol

    • nirmalshah
       + 0 comments

      I solved it in a similar way, expect for using printf() instead. I was suprised to find to out that there isn't any field for India baked into Java's Locale class unlike Locale.US and Locale.CHINA, etc. Oh, well...

      import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.util.regex.*;

public class Solution {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        double payment = scanner.nextDouble();
        scanner.close();
        Locale US = new Locale("en", "US");
        Locale IN = new Locale("en", "IN");           
        System.out.printf("%s = %s\n%s = %s", 
                          "US format", 
                          NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(US).format(payment),
                          "India format", 
                          NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(IN).format(payment));
    }
}

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