From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-07-31T18:55:05+09:00
Subject: Re: java.text api parallel in Ruby

On 30.07.2009 18:17, Venkat Akkineni wrote:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
>> On 30.07.2009 00:32, Venkat Akkineni wrote:
>>>      Is there a parallel to Format/NumberFormat/DecimalFormat in ruby?
>> printf, sprintf and % operator for String comes to mind.
> 
> Thanks for the reply. But as you know java.text api provides the 
> facility to handle dates, text, numbers in a language independent 
> manner.

Well, that's what you get with incomplete specifications.  You did not 
mention that you need the locale awareness of those.  :-)

> In other words of sayin it will let you set date formats , 
> number operators etc based on the locale you are dealing with. We have 
> resorted to writing an API after failing to find one.

AFAIK there is no locale aware version of the *printf family of methods. 
  Maybe there's a gem though or a pointer in RAA.

Kind regards

	robert


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