Example: Internationalization of numeric display using the java.util.NumberFormat class

Example 1: Demonstrates use of java.util.NumberFormat class for internationalization of numeric output

//**************************
// File: NumberExample.java
//**************************
 
 import java.lang.*;
 import java.text.*;
 import java.util.*;
 
 public class NumberExample {
 
     public static void main(String args[]) throws NumberFormatException {
 
       // The number to format
       double number = 12345.678;
 
       // Get formatters for default, Spanish, and Japanese locales
       NumberFormat defaultFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance();
       NumberFormat spanishFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance(new
 Locale("es", "ES"));
       NumberFormat japaneseFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.JAPAN);
 
       // Print out number in the default, Spanish, and Japanese formats
       // (Note: NumberFormat is not necessary for the default format)
       System.out.println("The number formatted for the default locale; " +
                          defaultFormat.format(number));
       System.out.println("The number formatted for the Spanish locale; " +
                          spanishFormat.format(number));
       System.out.println("The number formatted for the Japanese locale; " +
                          japaneseFormat.format(number));
     }
 }

For more information, see Create an internationalized Java™ program.