I've found it's always easier if the values are spelled out. I would prefer
specifying "currency" to "curc" even though the line of code will be longer.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Daniel Dekany <[email protected]> wrote:

> Earlier I have talked (and held a vote) about extended format strings,
> but as reminder, for a while in 2.3.24 nightly you can do things like
> this:
>
>   ${n?string("#.00;; rnd=hu inf='∞'")}
>
> or set the number_format setting to something like that. The thing to
> note is the section after the 2nd ";", which is not allowed be
> DecimalFormat (as it only supports two sections), it's an extension by
> FreeMarker.
>
> How should the option names look? Like instead of the current
> abbreviated form, it could be like "#.00;; rounding='half-up'
> infinity='∞'" too. Currently it's like below. Opinions?
>
>
> rnd
>   Rounding mode. The value is one of u for up, d for down, c for
>   ceiling, f for floor, hu for half-up, hd for half-down, he for
>   half-even, and un for unused. (See the java.math.RoundingMode API
>   for explanations.)
>
> mul
>   Multiplier. The number will be shown after multiplied with this
>   integer number.
>
> dec
>   Decimal separator character (like "." in 3.14).
>
> mdec
>   Monetary decimal separator character. This is used instead of dec
>   when the pattern contains parts that make it a monetary format. (See
>   the Java decimal number format documentation for more.)
>
> grp
>   Grouping separator character. Note that grouping is turned on by
>   using "," in the patter, as shown in the earlier example. If it's
>   not turned on, this option won't have visible effect.
>
> exp
>   Exponent separator string. Only has visible effect if the pattern
>   specifies exponential form, like "0.##E0".
>
> min
>   Minus sign character.
>
> inf
>   The string used to show infinity.
>
> nan
>   The string used to show not-a-number (NaN).
>
> prc
>   Percent character.
>
> prm
>   Per-mill character.
>
> zero
>   Zero character. This modifies the other digits too, for example, if
>   zero is A, then 1 will B, 2 will be C, and so on.
>
> curc
>   Currency ISO 4217 code. Only has effect when the pattern contains
>   parts that make it a monetary format. It's an error to specify a
>   code that's not a known ISO 4217 code in the Java installation.
>
> curs
>   Currency symbol; shown where the localized currency name is present
>   in the pattern. Overrides the symbol determined from curc.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>  Daniel Dekany
>
>

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