Displaying Currency in Indian Numbering Format

Unfortunately on standard Java SE DecimalFormat doesn’t support variable-width groups. So it won’t ever format the values exactly as you want to: If you supply a pattern with multiple grouping characters, the interval between the last one and the end of the integer is the one that is used. So “#,##,###,####” == “######,####” == “##,####,####”. … Read more

Android – WebView language changes abruptly on Android 7.0 and above

Ted Hopp’s answer managed to solve the problem, but he didn’t address the question of why this occurs. The reason is the changes made to the WebView class and its support package in Android 7.0. Background: Android’s WebView is built using WebKit. While it was originally a part of AOSP, from KitKat onwards a decision … Read more

Difference between toLocaleLowerCase() and toLowerCase() [duplicate]

Unlike toLowerCase, toLocaleLowerCase takes localization into account. In most cases, with most languages, they will produce similar output, however certain languages will behave differently. Check out the description on MDN: The toLocaleLowerCase() method returns the value of the string converted to lower case according to any locale-specific case mappings. toLocaleLowerCase() does not affect the value … Read more

With a browser, how do I know which decimal separator does the operating system use?

Here is a simple JavaScript function that will return this information. Tested in Firefox, IE6, and IE7. I had to close and restart my browser in between every change to the setting under Control Panel / Regional and Language Options / Regional Options / Customize. However, it picked up not only the comma and period, … Read more

Locale date formatting in Python

If your application is supposed to support more than one locale then getting localized format of date/time by changing locale (by means of locale.setlocale()) is discouraged. For explanation why it’s a bad idea see Alex Martelli’s answer to the the question Using Python locale or equivalent in web applications? (basically locale is global and affects … Read more

C programming: How to program for Unicode?

C99 or earlier The C standard (C99) provides for wide characters and multi-byte characters, but since there is no guarantee about what those wide characters can hold, their value is somewhat limited. For a given implementation, they provide useful support, but if your code must be able to move between implementations, there is insufficient guarantee … Read more

Using Locales with Java’s toLowerCase() and toUpperCase()

I think you should use locale , For instance, “TITLE”.toLowerCase() in a Turkish locale returns “tıtle”, where ‘ı’ is the LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I character. To obtain correct results for locale insensitive strings, use toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH). I refer to these links as solution to your problem and it has point to keep in mind in … Read more

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