Java Cookbook
format
Problem:
You want to format a time amount like "5 days" for a locale.
Solution:
TimeUnitFormat from icu4j provides some excellent formatting options for time units. To use you specify a TimeUnitAmount which contains an amount and a unit. Then specify a locale on the TimeUnitFormat.
To format 1 day in French:
Problem:
You want to format and parse localized currency values.
Solution:
Currency formatting at its most basic is straight forward in Java programming. Simply retrieve a currency instance of the NumberFormat class and format your number.
To format a currency for Japanese for Japan:
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