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DecimalFormatSymbols setCurrency() method in Java with Examples

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The setCurrency(Currency) method of java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols class in Java is used to set the currency for the Locale of this DecimalFormatSymbols. This method takes the currency as the parameter and sets it.

Syntax:

public void setCurrency(Currency currency)

Parameter: This method accepts the currency as a parameter which is the Currency that will be used to represent currency for this DecimalFormatSymbols.

Return Value: This method do not set anything.

Exception: This method throws NullPointerException if the currency is null.

Program:




// Java program to demonstrate
// the above method
  
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
  
public class DecimalFormatSymbolsDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        DecimalFormatSymbols dfs
            = new DecimalFormatSymbols();
  
        System.out.println("Current currency: "
                           + dfs.getCurrency());
  
        Currency currency
            = Currency.getInstance("INR");
  
        dfs.setCurrency(currency);
  
        System.out.println("Updated currency: "
                           + dfs.getCurrency());
    }
}


Output:

Current currency: USD
Updated currency: INR

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormatSymbols.html#setCurrency-java.util.Currency-


Last Updated : 29 Jul, 2019
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