Locale format

 
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
  static public void localizedFormat(String pattern, double value, Locale loc) {
    NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(loc);
    DecimalFormat df = (DecimalFormat) nf;
    df.applyPattern(pattern);
    String output = df.format(value);
    System.out.println(pattern + "  " + output + "  " + loc.toString());
  }

  static public void main(String[] args) {
    Locale currentLocale = new Locale("en", "US");
    DecimalFormatSymbols unusualSymbols = new DecimalFormatSymbols(
        currentLocale);
    unusualSymbols.setDecimalSeparator('|');
    unusualSymbols.setGroupingSeparator('^');
    String strange = "#,##0.###";
    DecimalFormat weirdFormatter = new DecimalFormat(strange, unusualSymbols);
    weirdFormatter.setGroupingSize(4);
    String bizarre = weirdFormatter.format(12345.678);
    System.out.println(bizarre);

    Locale[] locales = { new Locale("en", "US"), new Locale("de", "DE"),
        new Locale("fr", "FR") };

    for (int i = 0; i < locales.length; i++) {
      localizedFormat("###,###.###", 123456.789, locales[i]);
    }
  }
}
  

1^2345|678
###,###.###  123,456.789  en_US
###,###.###  123.456,789  de_DE
###,###.###  123456,789  fr_FR