Constant Locale Usage import java.text.*; import java.util.*; public class ConstantLocaleUsage { public static void main(String [] argv) { NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance(); numberFormat.setParseIntegerOnly(false); double usersNumber; if (argv.length == 1) try { usersNumber = numberFormat.parse(argv[0]).doubleValue(); } catch (ParseException e) { usersNumber = 197912.29; } else usersNumber = 1976.0826; numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.US); System.out.println("User's number (US): " + numberFormat.format(usersNumber)); numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(Locale.GERMANY); System.out.println("User's number (GERMANY): " + numberFormat.format(usersNumber)); numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(); System.out.println("User's number (DEFAULT LOCALE): " + numberFormat.format(usersNumber)); } }