Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition

Name

LSParseCurrency

Synopsis

                  LSParseCurrency(string)

Returns the numeric value of string where string is a locale-specific currency amount from a non-Euro Zone locale. LSParseCurrency( ) can be converted from any of the locale-specific currency formats (None, Local, International). For euro currency formats, see the LSParseEuroCurrency( ) function. The following example demonstrates for each locale:

<cfloop index="locale" list="#Server.Coldfusion.SupportedLocales#">
  <cfset SetLocale(locale)>
  <cfoutput>
    <p><b>#locale#</b><br>
    Local: #LSCurrencyFormat(1000000.99, "local")#<br>
    LSParseCurrency: #LSParseCurrency(LSCurrencyFormat(1000000.99, "local"))#<br>
  </cfoutput>
</cfloop>