Recently, I encountered an issue while working on a website that involved using JavaScript code to format currency values. Here is the snippet of code that was causing the problem:
UsdAmount.toLocaleString(siteCulture,
{style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'})
CadAmount.toLocaleString(siteCulture,
{style: 'currency', currency: 'CAD'})
Initially, everything seemed to be functioning correctly and producing the expected results for different cultures and currencies:
Culture Currency Output
en-us USD $123.45
en-us CAD CA$123.45
en-ca USD US$123.45
en-ca CAD $123.45
Unfortunately, this functionality didn't work as intended in Safari, leading me to look for alternative solutions.
I attempted to handle the currency formatting on the server side using C#, but ran into some challenges:
- It was not possible to pass both a system culture and a currency culture simultaneously.
- Moreover, when trying to format numbers as currency using C# logic, the results were inconsistent across different cultures:
4.ToString("C", new CultureInfo("en-us")) ==> "$4.00"
4.ToString("C", new CultureInfo("en-ca")) ==> "$4.00" // No CA$
Given these limitations, I am now seeking alternative methods for formatting currency that are compatible with all web browsers. Any suggestions or insights would be greatly appreciated.