Formats a number in a locale-specific currency format. For countries that use the euro, the result depends on the JVM.

A formatted currency value.

Display and formatting functions, International functions

LSCurrencyFormat(number [, type ])

LSEuroCurrencyFormat, LSIsCurrency, LSParseCurrency, LSParseEuroCurrency, SetLocale; "Handling data in ColdFusion MX" in Chapter 17, "Developing Globalized Applications," in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide

ColdFusion MX: Changed formatting behavior: this function might return different formatting than in earlier releases. If a negative number is passed to it, it returns a negative number. If type = "local", it returns the value in the current locale's standard format. If type = "international", it returns the value in the current locale's international standard format. This function uses Java standard locale formatting rules on all platforms.

This function uses Java standard locale formatting rules on all platforms.

The following table shows sample currency output. For locales that use Euro, the Local and International columns contains two entries. The first is entry is the result with a Sun the 1.4.1-compliant JVM, the second entry is the result with a 1.3.1-compliant JVM.

To set the default display format of date, time, number, and currency values, use the SetLocale function.

<h3>LSCurrencyFormat Example</h3>
<p>LSCurrencyFormat returns a currency value using the locale 
convention. Default value is "local."
<!--- loop through list of locales; show currency values for 100,000 units --->
<cfloop LIST = "#Server.Coldfusion.SupportedLocales#"
index = "locale" delimiters = ",">
   <cfset oldlocale = SetLocale(locale)>
   <cfoutput><p><b><I>#locale#</I></b><br>
      Local: #LSCurrencyFormat(100000, "local")#<br>
      International: #LSCurrencyFormat(100000, "international")#<br>
      None: #LSCurrencyFormat(100000, "none")#<br>
      <hr noshade>
   </cfoutput>
</cfloop>