Java String.format with currency symbol

Question

There is some existing code of the follow form which is used for format numerical values:

String.format( pattern, value )

Answer 1

You can try the following:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println(String.format(" %d \u20AC", 123)); // %d for integer
    System.out.println(String.format(" %.2f \u20AC", 123.10)); // %f for floats
}

This prints:

123 €
123.10 €