Some currencies missing from the Java currency API

Question

I write currency conversion code in Java and using this API to create an internal currency lookup table

final Locale[] locales = Locale.getAvailableLocales(); for (final Locale locale : locales) { final Currency currency = Currency.getInstance(locale); String sign = currency.getSymbol(locale) String code = currency.getCurrencyCode() /* do something with them */ } 

So far I have two observations.

• This ad does not return the Rupee sign in the native script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rupee_sign . It returns Rs. instead of this

• Similarly, for the Russian ruble, it returns the ruble instead of the Ruble sign in the native script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruble_sign

Many international currencies have signs in Latin script and native script. Java seems to be inconsistent with what it returns. Am I using a restriction or am I using the API incorrectly?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I checked your code for the Indian rupee sign and it seems to work fine. The character is available for the hi_IN locale hi_IN

But en_IN available symbol "Rs"

Make sure you use the correct language. :)