Name: yyT116575 Date: 03/27/2001


java version "1.3.1-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-beta-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1beta-b15, mixed mode)


The thousands (grouping) separator is supposed to be a blank space (according
to information found at http://www.sprakrad.no/punktum.htm , paragraph 2d)
this was the "most official" online reference i could come up with, w.r.t.
formatting numbers and so on.... Their charter can be found at:
http://www.sprakrad.no/engelsk.htm

The current value ("\240") outputs "?", which is obviously wrong....

The problem also occurs in 1.3.0..

Here's a small program example, along with output for jre1.3.0_02....
---------- code -----
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class Q {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
  Locale locale=new Locale("no", "NO");
  System.out.println("locale: "+locale);
  NumberFormat nf=NumberFormat.getInstance(locale);
  System.out.println(nf.format(1000000));
 }
}
---- output ---
H:\zx>java -showversion Q
java version "1.3.0_02"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0_02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0_02, mixed mode)

locale: no_NO
1?000?000
(Review ID: 119512)
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