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

If there is no default Locale available, we can go with setting the currency symbol using unicode and decimal formatting. As in the below code:

For e.g. Setting the Indian currency symbol and formatting the value. This will work without user making changes in the settings.

Locale locale = new Locale("en","IN");
DecimalFormat decimalFormat = (DecimalFormat) DecimalFormat.getCurrencyInstance(locale);
DecimalFormatSymbols dfs = DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(locale);
dfs.setCurrencySymbol("\u20B9");
decimalFormat.setDecimalFormatSymbols(dfs);
System.out.println(decimalFormat.format(12324.13));

Output:

₹12,324.13