Java DecimalFormat create from custom DecimalFormatSymbols
import java.text.DecimalFormat; import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols; import java.text.NumberFormat; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Locale currentLocale = new Locale("en", "US"); DecimalFormatSymbols mySymbols = new DecimalFormatSymbols(currentLocale); mySymbols.setDecimalSeparator('|'); mySymbols.setGroupingSeparator('^'); String strange = "#,##0.###"; DecimalFormat weirdFormatter = new DecimalFormat(strange, mySymbols); weirdFormatter.setGroupingSize(4);// w ww. j av a 2s . co m String bizarre = weirdFormatter.format(12345.678); System.out.println(bizarre); } }