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Suhridk: /* Locale Class */

2011-09-05T12:16:22Z

Locale Class

2011-09-05T12:03:07Z

DateFormat Class

2011-09-05T12:01:22Z

DateFormat Class

2011-09-05T11:05:06Z

Parsing Strings to Numbers

2011-09-05T11:04:14Z

Parsing Strings to Numbers

2011-09-05T10:55:17Z

NumberFormat Class

2011-08-19T11:35:27Z

Locale Class

2011-08-19T10:47:01Z

NumberFormat Class

2011-08-19T10:42:35Z

NumberFormat Class

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DateFormat Class

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 ** DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance() - used to format both dates and times.
 ** DateFormat.getInstance() - returns a SHORT DateTimeInstance.
 * example format:

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 * DateFormat is abstract, so instance can be obtained using a static factory method.
 * the format() method is used for formatting.
-* the parse() method is to parse String's into Date objects. See example above. The string has to be in the correct locale-specific format, or the method will throw a ParseException.
+* the parse() method is to parse String's into Date objects. '''Throws a checked ParseException.'''
 * three different ways of constructing a DateFormat object:
 ** DateFormat.getDateInstance() - used to format dates.

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 * The NumberFormat class defines a parse() method which is sort of reverse of the format method.
 * It accepts as a String as input and returns a Number. This is done in a Locale aware manner.
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 * The NumberFormat class defines a parse() method which is sort of reverse of the format method.
 * It accepts as a String as input and returns a Number. This is done in a Locale aware manner.
 == Locale Class ==

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 == NumberFormat Class ==
 * Used to format numbers and currency according to certain conditions and the locale.
 * It is also an abstract class
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 == Locale Class ==

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-* The locale class has methods to get the display name of the country and the language for that locale.
+* The locale class has methods to get the display name of the country and the language for a Locale object.
 * You can also translate a locale's country and language into another locale by using getDisplayCountry(Locale locToTranslateTo);

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 == NumberFormat Class ==
-* Used to format numbers and currency.
+* Used to format numbers and currency according to certain conditions and the locale.
 * It is also an abstract class
 === Formatting Numbers ===
-* Things like max fraction digits can be set and numbers can be formatted according to the locale.
+* Things like max/min fraction digits and integer digits can be set and numbers can be formatted according to the locale.
 * getInstance() is the same as getNumberInstance()
 *See example below:

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 === Formatting Numbers ===
-* Things like max fraction digits can be set and numbers can be formatted according to the locale. See example below:
+* Things like max fraction digits can be set and numbers can be formatted according to the locale.
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 		NumberFormat nfUK = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.UK);
-		NumberFormat nfUS = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.ITALY);
+		NumberFormat nfIT = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.ITALY);
 		long million = 1000000;
 		System.out.println(nfUK.format(million)); //Prints 1,000,000
-		System.out.println(nfUS.format(million)); //Prints 1.000.000
+		System.out.println(nfIT.format(million)); //Prints 1.000.000
+	}
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 == Locale Class ==