Syntax error Java NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance() method

Java NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance() method

The getCurrencyInstance() method of the NumberFormat class returns the instance of the NumberFormat class. The java.text.NumberFormat class is used for formatting numbers and currencies as per a specific Locale. Number formats varies from country to country

Here, we have considered a locale.

NumberFormat n = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.FRANCE);

Then, we have formatted a double value with the currency.

double points = 1.78;
System.out.println(n.format(points));

The following is the final example.

Example

 Live Demo

import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.Locale;
public class MainClass {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
       // Currency of France is Euro
       NumberFormat n = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.FRANCE);
       // points
       double points = 1.78;
       double totalPoints = points * 1000;
       System.out.println(n.format(points));
       System.out.println(n.format(totalPoints));
    }
}

Output

1,78 €
1 780,00 €
Updated on: 2020-06-26T09:10:36+05:30

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