Java Currency getNumericCodeAsString() Method

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Description

The Java Currency getNumericCodeAsString() method gets the ISO 4217 numeric code of this currency. This method always returns the numeric code as a 3 digit string. For example,32 would be returned as "032", 6 would be returned as "006".

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Currency.getNumericCodeAsString() method

public String getNumericCodeAsString()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the ISO 4217 numeric code of this currency as a String.

Exception

NA

Getting Numeric Code of EUR Currency Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Currency getNumericCodeAsString() method for EUR currency. We've first created a currency object using EUR as currency code and then its numeric code is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Currency;

public class CurrencyDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {

      // create a currency with EUR code
      Currency curr = Currency.getInstance("EUR");

      System.out.println("Numeric Code for EUR = " + curr.getNumericCodeAsString());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Numeric Code for EUR = 978

Getting Numeric Code of USD Currency Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Currency getNumericCodeAsString() method for USD currency. We've first created a currency object using USD as currency code and then its numeric code is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Currency;

public class CurrencyDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {

      // create a currency with USD code
      Currency curr = Currency.getInstance("USD");

      System.out.println("Numeric Code for USD = " + curr.getNumericCodeAsString());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Numeric Code for USD = 840

Getting Numeric Code of INR Currency Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Currency getNumericCodeAsString() method for INR currency. We've first created a currency object using INR as currency code and then its numeric code is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Currency;

public class CurrencyDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {

      // create a currency with INR code
      Currency curr = Currency.getInstance("INR");

      System.out.println("Numeric Code for INR = " + curr.getNumericCodeAsString());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Numeric Code for INR = 356