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Get the currency format for a country that does not have a Locale constant

I want to get the currency format of India, so I need a Locale object for India. But there exists only few a countries that have a Locale constant (a static final Locale), and India is not one of them.

To get the currency symbols for the US and UK, I can do the following:

public void displayCurrencySymbols() {

    Currency currency = Currency.getInstance(Locale.US);
    System.out.println("United States: " + currency.getSymbol());

    currency = Currency.getInstance(Locale.UK);
    System.out.println("United Kingdom: " + currency.getSymbol());

}

That uses the constants Locale.US and Locale.UK. If i want to get the Indian currency format, what can I do?

Solution

  • According to the JDK release notes, you have locale codes hi_IN (Hindi) and en_IN (English).

    System.out.println(Currency.getInstance(new Locale("hi", "IN")).getSymbol());