Formating data with Velocity

[One Way <on...@yahoo.com>]

Is there a way to format the data in Velocity, e.g. 123456.78 needs to
be shown as 123,456.78 or $123,456.78 in a web page.

Thanks in advance


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Re: Formating data with Velocity

[Travis Low <tr...@dawnstar.org>]

java.text.NumberFormat works...

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Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:

> One Way wrote:
> 
>>Is there a way to format the data in Velocity, e.g. 123456.78 needs to
>>be shown as 123,456.78 or $123,456.78 in a web page.
>>
>>
> 
> Nothing in Velocity proper.  This would be the domain of what we call a
> 'context tool', a class put into the context for use by the template
> designer, such as 
> 
> $formatTool.currency( "123456.76")
> 
> There must be a library floating around somewhere to do this...
> 
> geir
> 
> 


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    <ma...@dawnstar.org>
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RE: Formating data with Velocity

[Tal Dayan <ta...@zapta.com>]

You may try

getCurrencyInstance() of 

http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/java/text/NumberFormat.html

and 

http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html

but you will need to write a think interface and attache it to the template
context.

Tal

> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Geir Magnusson Jr.
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 7:22 AM
> To: velocity-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Formating data with Velocity
> 
> 
> One Way wrote:
> > 
> > Is there a way to format the data in Velocity, e.g. 123456.78 needs to
> > be shown as 123,456.78 or $123,456.78 in a web page.
> > 
> 
> Nothing in Velocity proper.  This would be the domain of what we call a
> 'context tool', a class put into the context for use by the template
> designer, such as 
> 
> $formatTool.currency( "123456.76")
> 
> There must be a library floating around somewhere to do this...
> 
> geir
> 
> -- 
> Geir Magnusson Jr.                           geirm@optonline.net
> System and Software Consulting
> Developing for the web?  See http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/
> You have a genius for suggesting things I've come a cropper with!
> 

Re: Formating data with Velocity

["Geir Magnusson Jr." <ge...@optonline.net>]

One Way wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to format the data in Velocity, e.g. 123456.78 needs to
> be shown as 123,456.78 or $123,456.78 in a web page.
> 

Nothing in Velocity proper.  This would be the domain of what we call a
'context tool', a class put into the context for use by the template
designer, such as 

$formatTool.currency( "123456.76")

There must be a library floating around somewhere to do this...

geir

-- 
Geir Magnusson Jr.                           geirm@optonline.net
System and Software Consulting
Developing for the web?  See http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/
You have a genius for suggesting things I've come a cropper with!