Re: currency format for negative number

Thursday, May 21, 2009, 11:28:35 PM, Scott Purcell wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have the following
> Adjustment Amount: ${adjustment.adjustmentAmount?string.currency!""}
>
> The adjustment.getAdjustmentAmount method returns a BigDecimal and
> all is good. Problem is the value for adjustment is -5.00.
> So when it prints to the email it prints ($5.00) which I thought
> was good, but the customer wants -$5.00.
>
> Can anyone assist with this?

I'm afraid it's out of our reach... we call the currency formatting of
the Java platform. However, personally I just wouldn't build on
that... call me paranoid, but who knows what will be the default
format in the next release. And displaying money is exactly something
that better not have bugs. Rather write a TemplateMethodEx (or a
#function maybe) so you can reliably control how are things displayed.
You see, ${my.currency(adjustment.adjustmentAmount)} or something...

> Thanks,
>
>
>
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