Subject: RE: RE: Re: Problems transforming currency values using British pound (£) and Euro (?) signs
From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:34:14 +0100
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> Hmm... That's a different interpretation of the XSLT 1.0 Rec
> than I've assumed. The Rec says:
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> "The format pattern must not contain the currency sign (#x00A4);
> support for this feature was added after the initial release of JDK
> 1.1."
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> I would assume that currency
> symbols such as pound or dollar would be treated as literal
> characters, just like any other punctuation.
Yes, you're right. It appears Java doesn't localize the currency symbol
used in the decimal format pattern: unlike other symbols such as the
decimal separator and grouping separator, it only localizes its
representation in the output.
Michael Kay
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