Lsparseeurocurrency - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61-CFML Reference

LSParseEuroCurrency

Description
Formats a locale-specific currency string as a number. Attempts conversion through each of the
default currency formats (none, local, international). Ensures correct handling of euro currency
for Euro zone countries.
Returns
A formatted number that matches the value of the string.
Category
International functions,
Function syntax
LSParseEuroCurrency(currency-string)
See also
LSParseCurrency, LSEuroCurrencyFormat,
History
ColdFusion MX:
Changed formatting behavior: this function might return different formatting than in earlier
releases. This function uses Java locale formatting rules on all platforms, except that it uses the
rule detailed in the Usage section for countries in the Euro currency zone.
Parameters
Parameter
currency-string
Usage
This function determines whether the current locale's country belongs to the Euro Zone, whose
members have converted to the euro; if so, the
in euros on all JVMs, including Sun JVM 1.3.1. If the country is not in the Euro zone, the string
must follow the locale formatting rules of the JVM. For examples of valid currency formats in all
supported locales, see
For a list of the locale options that ColdFusion supports, and information on setting the default
display format of date, time, number, and currency values, see
Example
<h3>LSParseEuroCurrency Example</h3>
<p>Loop through all available locales. Create string representations of the
value
123,456 in the three supported currency formats,
and parse the results back to numbers.<p>
<cfloop list="#Server.Coldfusion.SupportedLocales#" index="locale"
delimiters=",">
<cfset oldlocale = SetLocale(locale)>
<cfoutput><p>Current Locale: <b><i>#locale#</i></b><br>
<cfset localCurrency = LSEuroCurrencyFormat(123456, "local")>
Value in local currency: #localCurrency#<br>
Parsed using LSParseEuroCurrency:
#LSParseEuroCurrency(localCurrency)#<br>
String functions
Description
Locale-specific string or a variable that contains one.
LSEuroCurrencyFormat
SetLocale
parameter must be formatted
currency-string
on page 602
.
SetLocale
on page 676
.
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