User Guide

LSParseCurrency 613
LSParseCurrency
Description
Converts a locale-specific currency string into a formatted number. Attempts conversion by
comparing the string with each the three supported currency formats (none, local, international)
and using the first that matches.
Returns
A formatted number (string representation of a number) that matches the value of the parameter.
Category
International functions, String functions
Function syntax
LSParseCurrency(string)
See also
LSParseEuroCurrency, LSCurrencyFormat, LSEuroCurrencyFormat, LSIsCurrency
History
ColdFusion MX: Changed formatting behavior: this function might return different formatting
than in earlier releases. This function uses Java standard locale formatting rules on all platforms.
Parameters
Usage
This function uses the locale formatting rules of the JVM (specified in the ColdFusion
Administrator Java and JVM page) on all platforms. These rules changed between Sun JVM 1.3.1
and JVM 1.4.1:
• JVM 1.3.1 requires that the local and international versions of currencies of countries in the
Euro zone be formatted using the older, country-specific designations, such as 100.000,00 DM
or DEM100.000,00 for the German (Standard) locale. Use the
LSParseEuroCurrency
function to parse euro currencies in these locales with JVM 1.3.1.
• JVM 1.4.1 requires that currencies for Euro zone countries be expressed as euros; for example
100.000,00 € or EUR100.000,00.
Note: The LSIsCurrency function always returns True if the locale is in the Euro currency zone and
the currency is expressed in euros, including when using JVM 1.3.1. As a result, with older JVMs,
LSIsCurrency does not ensure that LSParseCurrency returns a value.
To set the default display format of date, time, number, and currency values, use the SetLocale
function.
See
LSCurrencyFormat for a list of the local-specific formats used to parse the currency.
Example
<h3>LSParseCurrency Example</h3>
<p>LSParseCurrency coverts a locale-specific currency string to a number.
Attempts conversion through each of the three default currency formats.
Parameter Description
string A locale-specific string a variable that contains one