Formats a number in a locale-specific format.
[mask - quicky]
_,9 Digit placeholder; . decimal point; 0 Pads with zeros;
( ) less than zero, puts parentheses around the mask
+ plus sign before positive number minus before negative
- a space before positive minus sign before negative
, Separates every third decimal place with a comma.
L,C Left-justifies or center-justifies number
$ dollar sign before formatted number.
^ Separates left and right formatting.
lsNumberFormat(number [, mask, locale])
→ returns string
_ende_DEde_CH...lsNumberFormat returns a number value using the locale convention.
<!--- loop through a list of locales and show number values --->
<cfloop LIST = "#Server.Coldfusion.SupportedLocales#"
index = "locale" delimiters = ",">
<cfset oldlocale = setLocale(locale)>
<cfoutput><p><b><i>#locale#</i></b><br />
#lsNumberFormat(-1234.5678, "_________")#<br />
#lsNumberFormat(-1234.5678, "_________.___")#<br />
#lsNumberFormat(1234.5678, "_________")#<br />
#lsNumberFormat(1234.5678, "_________.___")#<br />
#lsNumberFormat(1234.5678, "$_(_________.___)")#<br />
#lsNumberFormat(-1234.5678, "$_(_________.___)")#<br />
#lsNumberFormat(1234.5678, "+_________.___")#<br />
#lsNumberFormat(1234.5678, "-_________.___")#<br />
</cfoutput>
</cfloop>lsNumberFormat returns a number value using the specified locale.
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