currency

I am using NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(myLocale) to get a custom currency format for a locale given by me. However, this always includes the currency symbol which I don't want, I just want the proper currency number format for my given locale without the currency symbol. Doing a format.setCurrencySymbol(null) throws an exception.. The following works. It's a bit ugly, but it fulfils the contract: NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(); DecimalFormatSymbols decimalFormatSymbols = ((DecimalFormat) nf).getDecimalFormatSymbols(); decimalFormatSymbols.setCurrencySymbol(""); (

Please advice API for currency converting which returns JSON or small size html. I use http://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=1&from=RUB&to=USD that returns HTML of 11 kb. I use it in my iOS app. Thanks in advance! free.currencyconverterapi.com returns results in JSON format. The web service also supports JSONP. The API is very easy to use, and it lets you convert one currency to another. Disclaimer, I'm the author of the website. A sample conversion URL is: http://free.currencyconverterapi.com/api/v6/convert?q=USD_PHP&compact=ultra&apiKey=sample-api-key which will return a value in json

I write currency trading applications for living, so I have to work with monetary values (it's a shame that Java still doesn't have decimal float type and has nothing to support arbitrary-precision monetary calculations). "Use BigDecimal!" — you might say. I do. But now I have some code where performance is an issue, and BigDecimal is more than 1000 times (!) slower than double primitives. The calculations are very simple: what the system does is calculating a = (1/b) * c many many times (where a , b and c are fixed-point values). The problem, however, lies with this (1/b) . I can't use fixed

I would like to format a price in JavaScript. I'd like a function which takes a float as an argument and returns a string formatted like this: "$ 2,500.00" What's the best way to do this? haykam Number.prototype.toFixed This solution is compatible with every single major browser: const profits = 2489.8237; profits.toFixed(3) //returns 2489.824 (rounds up) profits.toFixed(2) //returns 2489.82 profits.toFixed(7) //returns 2489.8237000 (pads the decimals) All you need is to add the currency symbol (e.g. "$" + profits.toFixed(2) ) and you will have your amount in dollars. Custom function If you