Thousands separator not displayable for Locale.FRENCH

Name: skT45625 Date: 07/06/2000


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

The thousands separator for the French locale is not diplayable.

  DecimalFormat df = (DecimalFormat)NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.FRENCH);
  DecimalFormatSymbols dfs = df.getDecimalFormatSymbols();
  char sep = dfs.getGroupingSeparator();
  System.out.println("French thousands separator = <"+sep+">");

Result:
  French thousands separator = <?>

In a JTextField the thousands separator doesn't show at all.

  JTextField tf = new JTextField(10);
  tf.setText(new StringBuffer("123")
                      .append(sep).append("456").toString());

Shown:
  123 456
(Review ID: 106905)
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