User Guide

602 Chapter 3: ColdFusion Functions
LSEuroCurrencyFormat
Description
Formats a number in a locale-specific currency format.
Returns
A formatted currency value. For countries in the Euro currency zone, the function uses the locale’s
rule’s for formatting currency in euros.
Category
Display and formatting functions, International functions
Function syntax
LSEuroCurrencyFormat(currency-number [, type ])
See also
LSParseEuroCurrency, LSCurrencyFormat, SetLocale
History
ColdFusion MX:
Changed formatting behavior: this function might return different formatting than in earlier
releases. This function uses Java locale formatting rules on all platforms, except that it uses the
rule detailed in the Usage section for countries in the Euro currency zone. As a result, it format
currencies for non Euro zone locales using the country’s currency, not euros.
Parameters
Usage
This function uses euro currency formatting rules for all JVM versions, as follows:
• If the country of the current locale belongs to the Euro Zone (whose members have converted
to the euro) the formatted output for the local type includes the Euro currency sign (€); for the
international type, the output includes the euro currency symbol (EUR). If the value is
negative, the format includes a negative sign before the value or parentheses around the value,
according to the formatting rules of the current locale.
• If the country of the current locale is not in the Euro Zone, the currency sign or symbol of the
current locale displays. If the value is negative, the format includes a negative sign before the
value or parentheses around the value, according to the formatting rules of the current locale.
For a list of the locale options that ColdFusion supports, and information on setting the default
display format of date, time, number, and currency values, see
SetLocale on page 676.
Parameter Description
currency-number Currency value.
type • local: the currency format used in the locale. (Default.)
• international: the international standard currency format of the locale. For
example, EUR10.00
• none: the currency format used in the locale; no currency symbol