Getting Currency Symbols - A Java Code Example

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This example shows how to get the currency symbols for different countries. The code below displays the currency symbols for three countries, US, UK and France.

package com.javadb.examples;

import java.util.Currency;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
*
* @author www.javadb.com
*/
public class Main {

    public void displayCurrencySymbols() {

        Currency currency = Currency.getInstance(Locale.US);
        System.out.println("United States: " + currency.getSymbol());

        currency = Currency.getInstance(Locale.UK);
        System.out.println("United Kingdom: " + currency.getSymbol());

        currency = Currency.getInstance(Locale.FRANCE);
        System.out.println("France: " + currency.getSymbol());

    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        new Main().displayCurrencySymbols();
    }

}

The output from the code example:

United States: USD
United Kingdom: GBP
France: €

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