>From wikipedia: "According to the European Union<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union>'s Publication Office,[5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217#cite_note-5> in English <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_in_England>, Irish<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language> , Latvian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_language> and Maltese<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language> texts, the ISO 4217 code is followed by a fixed space and the amount: a sum of EUR 30 In Turkish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language>, Bulgarian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_language> , Czech <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_language>, Danish<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language> , Dutch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language>, Estonian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_language> , Finnish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language>, French<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language> , German <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language>, Greek<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language> , Hungarian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_language>, Italian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language> , Lithuanian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_language>, Polish<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language> , Portuguese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language>, Romanian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language>, Sallan, Slovak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_language>, Slovene<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovene_language> , Spanish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language> and Swedish<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language> the order is reversed; the amount is followed by a fixed space and the ISO 4217 code: une somme de 30 EUR" I would say, just pick one and use it. People understand both ;) - matijn On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Rafnews <raf.news@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I need to manage currency display in my program. > I would like to know how can i do to detect if currency code/name should > be placed before the amount/value or after. > > e.g. > USD 1234,56 / USD -1234,56 > $ 1234,56 / $ - 1234,56 > > 1234.56 EUR / -1234.56 EUR > 1234.56 EUR / -1234.56 EUR > > i understood that "comma" or "dot" can be found using: > setlocale(LC_MONETARY,'en_US')**; > but how can i know if currency needs to have currency name before or after > amount ? > thx. > > A. >
