number_to_currency locale converting

Question

Why does number_to_currency(33.50, :locale => :fr) displaying $33.50? It should display it in different currency based on the locale. I would expect a resu

Answer 1

For this to work you need to have a locale file at config/locales/fr.yml. You can get it from here: https://github.com/svenfuchs/rails-i18n/blob/master/rails/locale/fr.yml.

The :locale option only declares to Rails what locale you want it to be. Rails does not have all the translations for every language in the project, and so you must include these translation files yourself.