[TriLUG] [OT] C++ question: currency formatting like java NumberFormat in C++?

[Owen Berry]

Sorry to reply to this after the fact, but it was a case of getting to
the right book in the right place. Unfortunately I can't tell you
exactly what to do, but I can try to point you in the right direction.
What you need to look at is locales and facets ... search for "c++
locale facet" in Google and you'll come up some stuff.

Also, if you have access to "The C++ Standard Library" by Josuttis there
is some info in the internationalization section.

I'm interested, so if I have a chance I'll send out an example if I have
a chance to put one together. Unfortunately I don't understand this yet,
so I'm much in the same boat.

Owen

On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 01:25:22PM -0400, Doug Taggart wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm hoping someone can help me with something that I think should have 
> been easy for me to find.
> 
> I'm coding a C++ program.  I have a need to format a number for currency 
> display.
> 
> In Java, I would use this for a quick and dirty way of getting US 
> dollars (not checking for international stuff).
> 
> NumberFormat currency = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(); 
> 
> Then wherever I needed too I could.
> currency.format(myNumericVariable)  into a section of code that 
> displayed the return value as nice nifty US dollars complete
> with $, decimal point and ,'s as appropriate.
> 
> =====
> 
> I can't seem to find something similar as part of the standard c/c++ 
> libraries, which I find hard to believe.
> I'm sure I'm just not searching for the right terms, "NumberFormat", 
> "currency", "money", "formatting" etc..
> 
> Anyway, pointers appreciated..
> 
> Doug T