Java Data Type How to - Display a currency value with DecimalFormat

Question

We would like to know how to display a currency value with DecimalFormat.

Answer

import java.text.DecimalFormat;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {

    DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("\u00a4#,##0.00");
    System.out.println(df.format(4232.19));
    System.out.println(df.format(-4232.19));
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.