Title: Make Numbers Pretty
Slug: make_numbers_pretty
Summary: Make Numbers Pretty Using Scala.
Date: 2017-01-03 12:00
Category: Scala
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon

This tutorial was inspired by the awesome Scala Cookbook.

Load The NumberFormat Library



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// Make value that is assigned to an instance of numberformat
val make_pretty = java.text.NumberFormat.getInstance

Make An Integer Pretty



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// Format 10000 to 10,000
make_pretty.format(10000)

Make A Float Pretty



In [16]:

    
// Format to 10000.1928 to 10,000.193
make_pretty.format(10000.1928)









    Out[16]:





10,000.193

Load The NumberFortmat Library Set For European Numbers



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// Set the locale to germany
val germany = new java.util.Locale("de", "DE")

// Make value that is assigned to an instance of numberformat set to germany
val make_pretty_de = java.text.NumberFormat.getIntegerInstance(germany)

Make An Integer Pretty



In [18]:

    
// Format 1000000 to 1.000.000
make_pretty_de.format(1000000)









    Out[18]:





1.000.000