DecimalFormat.applyLocalizedPattern(String pattern) has the following syntax.
public void applyLocalizedPattern(String pattern)
In the following code shows how to use DecimalFormat.applyLocalizedPattern(String pattern) method.
/* w w w. j a v a 2 s .co m*/ import java.text.DecimalFormat; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat(); format.applyLocalizedPattern("##,##"); System.out.println(format.format(-123456789.12345678)); } }
The code above generates the following result.