I have once scenario where in i get the currencies as a String, for eg:
$199.00
R$ 399,00
£25.00
90,83 €
AED 449.00
How do i convert these currencies to double in java?
解决方案
Never use double for representing exact amounts
Well, of course you can do, but you need to really understand floating point arithmetic
Use a NumberFormat. Whilst it does handle some currencies, it's usually easier just to strip all the currency symbols. The NumberFormat will use Locale to work out the delimiters to use:
public static BigDecimal parse(final String amount, final Locale locale) throws ParseException {
final NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale);
if (format instanceof DecimalFormat) {
((DecimalFormat) format).setParseBigDecimal(true);
}
return (BigDecimal) format.parse(amount.replaceAll("[^\\d.,]",""));
}
This takes a String of the amount and the Locale. It then creates a BigDecimal parsing NumberFormat instance. It uses replaceAll and regex to strip all but digits, . and , from the number then parses it.
A quick demo against your examples:
public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
final String dollarsA = "$199.00";
final String real = "R$ 399,00";
final String dollarsB = "£25.00";
final String tailingEuro = "90,83 €";
final String dollarsC = "$199.00";
final String dirham = "AED 449.00";
System.out.println(parse(dollarsA, Locale.US));
System.out.println(parse(real, Locale.FRANCE));
System.out.println(parse(dollarsB, Locale.US));
System.out.println(parse(tailingEuro, Locale.FRANCE));
System.out.println(parse(dollarsC, Locale.US));
System.out.println(parse(dirham, Locale.US));
}
Output:
199.00
399.00
25.00
90.83
199.00
449.00
I have simply used US where the decimal is . and FRANCE where the decimal is , but you could use the correct Locale for the currency if you wish.