Re: currency format for negative number

I have a related question on currency formatting ; thought i'll add to this
post instead of adding a new one..

How do i currency-format a String value? . i.e i have
pointsAndLender.getValue() returning a String, not a BigDecimal and i can't
control this design . 

${pointsAndLender.value?number?string.currency}  works , but wanted to make
sure this is the best way to do it. It seems a little weird to convert a
string to number and then to string again..Please confirm

Thanks,
joseph









Daniel Dekany wrote:
> 
> 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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