CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Works like the built-in function lsCurrencyFormat, but do it right for Brazilian Currency (R$ - Real).

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfoutput>
BRCurrencyFormat(12345.678) = #BRCurrencyFormat(12345.678)#<br>
BRCurrencyFormat(-12345.678) = #BRCurrencyFormat(-12345.678)#<br>
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<cfscript>
/**
 * Works like the built-in function lsCurrencyFormat, but do it right for Brazilian Currency (R$ - Real).
 * 
 * @param valor 	 Number to be formatted. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Fernando Segalla (&#115;&#101;&#103;&#97;&#108;&#108;&#97;&#64;&#105;&#110;&#116;&#114;&#97;&#108;&#97;&#98;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;&#46;&#98;&#114;) 
 * @version 1, November 1, 2002 
 */
function BRCurrencyFormat(valor) {
	valor = DecimalFormat(valor);
	valor = Replace(valor,',','.','ALL');
	valor = Reverse(Replace(Reverse(valor),'.',',','ONE'));
	if(valor LT 0) return "(R$" & Right(valor,Len(valor)-1) & ")";
	else return "R$" & valor;
}
</cfscript>