Robert Klemme wrote: > On 30.07.2009 00:32, Venkat Akkineni wrote: >> Is there a parallel to Format/NumberFormat/DecimalFormat in ruby? > > printf, sprintf and % operator for String comes to mind. > > Kind regards > > robert Thanks for the reply. But as you know java.text api provides the facility to handle dates, text, numbers in a language independent manner. In other words of sayin it will let you set date formats , number operators etc based on the locale you are dealing with. We have resorted to writing an API after failing to find one. Thanks again Venkat -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.