The name of the actual locale ID used by this NumberFormatter object.

There are three possibilities for the value of the name, depending on operating system and the value of the requestedLocaleIDName parameter passed to the Collator() constructor.

1. If the requested locale was not LocaleID.DEFAULT and the operating system provides support for the requested locale, then the name returned is the same as the requestedLocaleIDName property.
2. If LocaleID.DEFAULT was used as the value for the requestedLocaleIDName parameter to the constructor, then the name of the current locale specified by the user's operating system is used. The LocaleID.DEFAULT value preserves user's customized setting in the OS. Passing an explicit value as the requestedLocaleIDName parameter does not necessarily give the same result as using the LocaleID.DEFAULT even if the two locale ID names are the same. The user could have customized the locale settings on their machine, and by requesting an explicit locale ID name rather than using LocaleID.DEFAULT your application would not retrieve those customized settings.
3. If the system does not support the requestedLocaleIDName specified in the constructor then a fallback locale ID name is provided.

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The decimal separator character used for formatting or parsing numbers that have a decimal part.

This property is initially set based on the locale that is selected when the formatter object is constructed.

When this property is assigned a value and there are no errors or warnings, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

The default value is dependent on the locale and operating system..

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Defines the set of digit characters to be used when formatting numbers.

Different languages and regions use different sets of characters to represent the digits 0 through 9. This property defines the set of digits to be used.

The value of this property represents the Unicode value for the zero digit of a decimal digit set. The valid values for this property are defined in the NationalDigitsType class.

When this property is assigned a value and there are no errors or warnings, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

The default value is dependent on the locale and operating system..

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The maximum number of digits that can appear after the decimal separator.

Numbers are rounded to the number of digits specified by this property. The rounding scheme varies depending on the user's operating system.

When the trailingZeros property is set to true, the fractional portion of the number (after the decimal point) is padded with trailing zeros until its length matches the value of this fractionalDigits property.

When this property is assigned a value and there are no errors or warnings, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

The default value is 0.

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Describes the placement of grouping separators within the formatted number string.

When the useGrouping property is set to true, the groupingPattern property is used to define the placement and pattern used for the grouping separator.

The grouping pattern is defined as a string containing numbers separated by semicolons and optionally may end with an asterisk. For example: "3;2;*". Each number in the string represents the number of digits in a group. The grouping separator is placed before each group of digits. An asterisk at the end of the string indicates that groups with that number of digits should be repeated for the rest of the formatted string. If there is no asterisk then there are no additional groups or separators for the rest of the formatted string.

The first number in the string corresponds to the first group of digits to the left of the decimal separator. Subsequent numbers define the number of digits in subsequent groups to the left. Thus the string "3;2;*" indicates that a grouping separator is placed after the first group of 3 digits, followed by groups of 2 digits. For example: 98,76,54,321

The following table shows examples of formatting the number 123456789.12 with various grouping patterns. The grouping separator is a comma and the decimal separator is a period.

Only a limited number of grouping sizes can be defined. On some operating systems, grouping patterns can only contain two numbers plus an asterisk. Other operating systems can support up to four numbers and an asterisk. For patterns without an asterisk, some operating systems only support one number while others support up to three numbers. If the maximum number of grouping pattern elements is exceeded, then additional elements are ignored and the lastOperationStatus property is set as described below.

When this property is assigned a value and there are no errors or warnings, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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The character or string used for the grouping separator.

The value of this property is used as the grouping separator when formatting numbers with the useGrouping property set to true. This property is initially set based on the locale that is selected when the formatter object is constructed.

When this property is assigned a value and there are no errors or warnings, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

The default value is dependent on the locale and operating system..

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The status of previous operation that this NumberFormatter object performed. The lastOperationStatus property is set whenever the constructor or a method of this class is called, or another property is set. For the possible values see the description for each method.

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Specifies whether a leading zero is included in a formatted number when there are no integer digits to the left of the decimal separator.

When this property is set to true a leading zero is included to the left of the decimal separator when formatting numeric values between -1.0 and 1.0. When this property is set to false a leading zero is not included.

For example if the number is 0.321 and this property is set true, then the leading zero is included in the formatted string. If the property is set to false, the leading zero is not included. In that case the string would just include the decimal separator followed by the decimal digits, like .321.

The following table shows examples of how numbers are formatted based on the values of this property and the related fractionalDigits and trailingZeros properties.

When this property is assigned a value and there are no errors or warnings, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

The default value is dependent on the locale and operating system..

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A numeric value that indicates a formatting pattern for negative numbers. This pattern defines the location of the negative symbol or parentheses in relation to the numeric portion of the formatted number.

The following table summarizes the possible formats for negative numbers. When a negative number is formatted, the minus sign in the format is replaced with the value of the negativeSymbol property and the 'n' character is replaced with the formatted numeric value.

When this property is assigned a value and there are no errors or warnings, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

The default value is dependent on the locale and operating system..

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The negative symbol to be used when formatting negative values.

This symbol is used with the negative number format when formatting a number that is less than zero. It is not used in negative number formats that do not include a negative sign (e.g. when negative numbers are enclosed in parentheses).

This property is set to a default value for the actual locale selected when this formatter is constructed. It can be set with a value to override the default setting.

When this property is assigned a value and there are no errors or warnings, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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The name of the requested locale ID that was passed to the constructor of this NumberFormatter object.

If the LocaleID.DEFAULT value was used then the name returned is "i-default". The actual locale used can differ from the requested locale when a fallback locale is applied. The name of the actual locale can be retrieved using the actualLocaleIDName property.

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Specifies whether trailing zeros are included in a formatted number.

When this property is set to true, trailing zeros are included in the fractional part of the formatted number up to the limit specified by the fractionalDigits property. When this property is set to false then no trailing zeros are shown.

For example if the numeric value is 123.4, and this property is set true, and the fractionalDigits property is set to 3, the formatted string would show trailing zeros, like 123.400 . If this property is false, trailing zeros are not included, and the string shows just the decimal separator followed by the non-zero decimal digits, like 123.4 .

The following table shows examples of how numeric values are formatted based on the values of this property and the related fractionalDigits and leadingZero properties.

When this property is assigned a value and there are no errors or warnings, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

The default value is dependent on the locale and operating system..

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Enables the use of the grouping separator when formatting numbers.

When the useGrouping property is set to true, digits are grouped and delimited by the grouping separator character. For example: 123,456,789.22

When the useGrouping property is set to false, digits are not grouped or separated. For example: 123456789.22

The symbol to be used as a grouping separator is defined by the groupingSeparator property. The number of digits between grouping separators is defined by the groupingPattern property.

When this property is assigned a value and there are no errors or warnings, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Constructs a new NumberFormatter object to format numbers according to the conventions of a given locale.

This constructor determines if the current operating system supports the requested locale ID name. If it is not supported then a fallback locale is used instead. If a fallback locale is used then the the lastOperationStatus property indicates the type of fallback, and the actualLocaleIDName property contains the name of the fallback locale ID.

To format based on the user's current operating system preferences, pass the value LocaleID.DEFAULT in the requestedLocaleIDName parameter to the constructor.

When the constructor completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

When the requested locale ID name is not available then the lastOperationStatus is set to one of the following:

• LastOperationStatus.USING_FALLBACK_WARNING
• LastOperationStatus.USING_DEFAULT_WARNING

If this class is not supported on the current operating system, then the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.UNSUPPORTED_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

For details on the warnings listed above and other possible values of the lastOperationStatus property see the descriptions in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Formats an int value. This function is equivalent to the formatNumber() method except that it takes an int value. If the value passed in is too large or small, such as a value greater than 1.72e308 or less than 1.72e-308, then this function returns 0.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Formats a Number value.

This function formats the number based on the property values of the formatter. If the properties are not modified after the the numberFormatter object is created, the numbers are formatted according to the locale specific conventions provided by the operating system for the locale identified by actualLocaleIDName. To customize the format, the properties can be altered to control specific aspects of formatting a number.

Very large numbers and very small magnitude numbers can be formatted with this function. However, the number of significant digits is limited to the precision provided by the Number object. Scientific notation is not supported.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Formats a uint value. This function is equivalent to the formatNumber() method except that it takes a uint. If the value passed in is too large, such as a value greater than 1.72e308, then this function returns 0.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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Lists all of the locale ID names supported by this class.

If this class is not supported on the current operating system, this method returns a null value.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

Parses a string and returns a NumberParseResult object containing the parsed elements.

The NumberParseResult object contains the value of the first number found in the input string, the starting index for the number within the string, and the index of the first character after the number in the string.

If the string does not contain a number, the value property of the NumberParseResult is set to NaN and the startIndex and endIndex properties are set to the hexadecimal value 0x7fffffff.

This function uses the value of the decimalSeparator property to determine the portion of the number that contains fractional digits, and the groupingSeparator property to determine which characters are allowed within the digits of a number, and the negativeNumberFormat property to control how negative values are represented.

The following table identifies the result of strings parsed for the various NegativeNumberFormat values:

A single white space is allowed between the number and the minus sign or parenthesis.

Other properties are ignored when determining a valid number. Specifically the value of the digitsType property is ignored and the digits can be from any of the digit sets that are enumerated in the NationalDigitsType class. The values of the groupingPattern and useGrouping properties do not influence the parsing of the number.

If numbers are preceded or followed in the string by a plus sign '+', the plus sign is treated as a character that is not part of the number.

This function does not parse strings containing numbers in scientific notation (e.g. 1.23e40).

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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         var nf:NumberFormatter = new NumberFormatter("fr-FR"); 
         var str:String = "1,56 mètre"
         var result:NumberParseResult = nf.parse(str);
         trace(result.value) // 1.56
         trace(str.substr(0,result.startIndex));                // ""
         trace(str.substr(result.startIndex, result.endIndex)); // "1,56"
         trace(str.substr(result.endIndex));                    // " mètre"
         

Parses a string that contains only digits and optional whitespace characters and returns a Number. If the string does not begin with a number or contains characters other than whitespace that are not part of the number, then this method returns NaN. White space before or after the numeric digits is ignored. A white space character is a character that has a Space Separator (Zs) property in the Unicode Character Database (see http://www.unicode.org/ucd/).

If the numeric digit is preceded or followed by a plus sign '+' it is treated as a non-whitespace character. The return value is NaN.

See the description of the parse function for more information about number parsing and what constitutes a valid number.

When this method is called and it completes successfully, the lastOperationStatus property is set to:

• LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR

Otherwise the lastOperationStatus property is set to one of the constants defined in the LastOperationStatus class.

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This example uses the following locales: default operating system locale for number formatting, Japanese (Japan), English (US), and French (France). The example uses the static member LocaleID.DEFAULT to request the default operating system locale.

The results from this example might differ based on your operating system and user preferences.

This example does the following for each locale in the list:

1. Creates a NumberFormatter object.
2. Formats the same value as a Number, an integer, and an unsigned integer, and displays the results.

 
package {
    import flash.globalization.NumberFormatter;
    import flash.globalization.LocaleID;
    
    public class NumberFormatterExample extends Sprite
    {
        public function NumberFormatterExample():void
        {
            var localeNames:Array = [LocaleID.DEFAULT,"ja_JP","en_US","fr_FR"];
            
            for ( var i:int = 0; i < localeNames.length; i++ ) 
            {
                var nf:NumberFormatter = new NumberFormatter( localeNames[i] as String );
                trace('\n\n' + "LocaleID requested: " + nf.requestedLocaleIDName 
                    + "; actual: " + nf.actualLocaleIDName);
                trace( "Last Operation Status:" + nf.lastOperationStatus );   
            
                var numberString:String = nf.formatNumber(123456789.19); 
                trace( "Formatted Number:" + numberString);
                numberString = nf.formatInt(-123456789); 
                trace( "Formatted Int:" + numberString);
                numberString = nf.formatUint(123456789); 
                trace( "Formatted UInt:" + numberString);
            }
        }
    }
}

The results from this example might differ based on your operating system and user preferences.

This example does the following:

1. Creates a NumberFormatter object.
2. Calls the NumberFormatter.parse() method to parse the string and return a NumberParseResult object.
3. Calls the NumberFormatter.parseNumber() method to parse the string and return a Number value.

 
package {
      import flash.globalization.NumberFormatter;
      import flash.globalization.NumberParseResult;
      import flash.globalization.LastOperationStatus;
      import flash.globalization.LocaleID;

      public class NumberFormatterParseExample
      {
            public function NumberFormatterParseExample():void
            {
                var nf:NumberFormatter = new NumberFormatter( "en_US" );
                trace("LocaleID requested: " + nf.requestedLocaleIDName 
                    + "; actual: " + nf.actualLocaleIDName);
                trace( "Last Operation Status:" + nf.lastOperationStatus );  

                var inputNumberString:String = "123,567,89,0.254";
                var parseResult:NumberParseResult = nf.parse(inputNumberString);
                if ( nf.lastOperationStatus == LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR ) {
                    trace("Parsed value:" + parseResult.value);
                }
                inputNumberString = "-123,567,89,0.254";
                var parsedNumber:Number = nf.parseNumber(inputNumberString);
                if ( nf.lastOperationStatus == LastOperationStatus.NO_ERROR ) {
                    trace("Parsed value:" + parsedNumber);
                }
            }
      }
}