MACROMEDIA COLFUSION MX 7-CFML Reference page 746

LSCurrencyFormat
Description
Formats a number in a locale-specific currency format. For countries that use the euro, the result
depends on the JVM.
Returns
A formatted currency value.
Category
Display and formatting
Function syntax
LSCurrencyFormat(number [, type ])
See also
LSEuroCurrencyFormat
; "Handling data in ColdFusion MX" in Chapter 17, "Developing Globalized
SetLocale
Applications," in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide
History
ColdFusion MX: Changed formatting behavior: this function might return different formatting
than in earlier releases. If a negative number is passed to it, it returns a negative number. If
, it returns the value in the current locale's standard format. If
"local"
"international"
function uses Java standard locale formatting rules on all platforms.
Parameters
Parameter Description
number Currency value
type • local: the currency format and currency symbol used in the locale.
- With JDK 1.3, the default for Euro Zone countries is their local currency.
- With JDK 1.4, the default for Euro Zone countries is the euro.
• international: the international standard currency format and currency symbol of the
• none: the currency format used in the locale; no currency symbol
Usage
This function uses Java standard locale formatting rules on all platforms.
Note: With a Sun 1.3.1-compliant JVM, use the
currency values.
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functions, International functions
,
LSIsCurrency
, it returns the value in the current locale's international standard format. This
locale.
, ,
LSParseCurrency LSParseEuroCurrency
LSEuroCurrencyFormat
,
type =
type =
function to format euro