ChoiceFormat converts between ranges of numeric values and strings for those ranges. More...

#include <choicfmt.h>

Inheritance diagram for icu::ChoiceFormat:

Public Member Functions
	ChoiceFormat (const UnicodeString &pattern, UErrorCode &status)
	Constructs a new ChoiceFormat from the pattern string. More...

	ChoiceFormat (const double limits, const UnicodeString formats, int32_t count)
	Constructs a new ChoiceFormat with the given limits and message strings. More...

	ChoiceFormat (const double limits, const UBool closures, const UnicodeString *formats, int32_t count)
	Constructs a new ChoiceFormat with the given limits, closure flags and message strings. More...

	ChoiceFormat (const ChoiceFormat &that)
	Copy constructor. More...

const ChoiceFormat &	operator= (const ChoiceFormat &that)
	Assignment operator. More...

virtual	~ChoiceFormat ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual ChoiceFormat *	clone () const override
	Clones this Format object. More...

virtual bool	operator== (const Format &other) const override
	Returns true if the given Format objects are semantically equal. More...

virtual void	applyPattern (const UnicodeString &pattern, UErrorCode &status)
	Sets the pattern. More...

virtual void	applyPattern (const UnicodeString &pattern, UParseError &parseError, UErrorCode &status)
	Sets the pattern. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	toPattern (UnicodeString &pattern) const
	Gets the pattern. More...

virtual void	setChoices (const double limitsToCopy, const UnicodeString formatsToCopy, int32_t count)
	Sets the choices to be used in formatting. More...

virtual void	setChoices (const double limits, const UBool closures, const UnicodeString *formats, int32_t count)
	Sets the choices to be used in formatting. More...

virtual const double *	getLimits (int32_t &count) const
	Returns NULL and 0. More...

virtual const UBool *	getClosures (int32_t &count) const
	Returns NULL and 0. More...

virtual const UnicodeString *	getFormats (int32_t &count) const
	Returns NULL and 0. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (double number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos) const override
	Formats a double number using this object's choices. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int32_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos) const override
	Formats an int32_t number using this object's choices. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int64_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos) const override
	Formats an int64_t number using this object's choices. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable *objs, int32_t cnt, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &success) const
	Formats an array of objects using this object's choices. More...

virtual void	parse (const UnicodeString &text, Formattable &result, ParsePosition &parsePosition) const override
	Looks for the longest match of any message string on the input text and, if there is a match, sets the result object to the corresponding range's number. More...

virtual UClassID	getDynamicClassID (void) const override
	Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable &obj, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const override
	Format an object to produce a string. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable &obj, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const override
	Format an object to produce a string. More...

UnicodeString &	format (double number, UnicodeString &appendTo) const
	Format a double number. More...

UnicodeString &	format (int32_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo) const
	Format a long number. More...

UnicodeString &	format (int64_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo) const
	Format an int64 number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (double number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos) const=0
	Format a double number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (double number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a double number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (double number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a double number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int32_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos) const=0
	Format a long number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int32_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a long number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int32_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format an int32 number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int64_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos) const
	Format an int64 number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int64_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format an int64 number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int64_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format an int64 number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (StringPiece number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a decimal number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const number::impl::DecimalQuantity &number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a decimal number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const number::impl::DecimalQuantity &number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a decimal number. More...

virtual void	parse (const UnicodeString &text, Formattable &result, ParsePosition &parsePosition) const=0
	Return a long if possible (e.g. More...

virtual void	parse (const UnicodeString &text, Formattable &result, UErrorCode &status) const
	Parse a string as a numeric value, and return a Formattable numeric object. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from icu::NumberFormat
virtual	~NumberFormat ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual NumberFormat *	clone () const override=0
	Clones this object polymorphically. More...

virtual bool	operator== (const Format &other) const override
	Return true if the given Format objects are semantically equal. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable &obj, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const override
	Format an object to produce a string. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable &obj, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const override
	Format an object to produce a string. More...

virtual void	parseObject (const UnicodeString &source, Formattable &result, ParsePosition &parse_pos) const override
	Parse a string to produce an object. More...

UnicodeString &	format (double number, UnicodeString &appendTo) const
	Format a double number. More...

UnicodeString &	format (int32_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo) const
	Format a long number. More...

UnicodeString &	format (int64_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo) const
	Format an int64 number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (double number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos) const =0
	Format a double number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (double number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a double number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (double number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a double number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int32_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos) const =0
	Format a long number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int32_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a long number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int32_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format an int32 number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int64_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos) const
	Format an int64 number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int64_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format an int64 number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (int64_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format an int64 number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (StringPiece number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a decimal number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const number::impl::DecimalQuantity &number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a decimal number. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const number::impl::DecimalQuantity &number, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format a decimal number. More...

virtual void	parse (const UnicodeString &text, Formattable &result, ParsePosition &parsePosition) const =0
	Return a long if possible (e.g. More...

virtual void	parse (const UnicodeString &text, Formattable &result, UErrorCode &status) const
	Parse a string as a numeric value, and return a Formattable numeric object. More...

virtual CurrencyAmount *	parseCurrency (const UnicodeString &text, ParsePosition &pos) const
	Parses text from the given string as a currency amount. More...

UBool	isParseIntegerOnly (void) const
	Return true if this format will parse numbers as integers only. More...

virtual void	setParseIntegerOnly (UBool value)
	Sets whether or not numbers should be parsed as integers only. More...

virtual void	setLenient (UBool enable)
	Sets whether lenient parsing should be enabled (it is off by default). More...

virtual UBool	isLenient (void) const
	Returns whether lenient parsing is enabled (it is off by default). More...

UBool	isGroupingUsed (void) const
	Returns true if grouping is used in this format. More...

virtual void	setGroupingUsed (UBool newValue)
	Set whether or not grouping will be used in this format. More...

int32_t	getMaximumIntegerDigits (void) const
	Returns the maximum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number. More...

virtual void	setMaximumIntegerDigits (int32_t newValue)
	Sets the maximum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number. More...

int32_t	getMinimumIntegerDigits (void) const
	Returns the minimum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number. More...

virtual void	setMinimumIntegerDigits (int32_t newValue)
	Sets the minimum number of digits allowed in the integer portion of a number. More...

int32_t	getMaximumFractionDigits (void) const
	Returns the maximum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number. More...

virtual void	setMaximumFractionDigits (int32_t newValue)
	Sets the maximum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number. More...

int32_t	getMinimumFractionDigits (void) const
	Returns the minimum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number. More...

virtual void	setMinimumFractionDigits (int32_t newValue)
	Sets the minimum number of digits allowed in the fraction portion of a number. More...

virtual void	setCurrency (const char16_t *theCurrency, UErrorCode &ec)
	Sets the currency used to display currency amounts. More...

const char16_t *	getCurrency () const
	Gets the currency used to display currency amounts. More...

virtual void	setContext (UDisplayContext value, UErrorCode &status)
	Set a particular UDisplayContext value in the formatter, such as UDISPCTX_CAPITALIZATION_FOR_STANDALONE. More...

virtual UDisplayContext	getContext (UDisplayContextType type, UErrorCode &status) const
	Get the formatter's UDisplayContext value for the specified UDisplayContextType, such as UDISPCTX_TYPE_CAPITALIZATION. More...

virtual ERoundingMode	getRoundingMode (void) const
	Get the rounding mode. More...

virtual void	setRoundingMode (ERoundingMode roundingMode)
	Set the rounding mode. More...

virtual UClassID	getDynamicClassID (void) const override=0
	Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY. More...

UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable &obj, UnicodeString &appendTo, UErrorCode &status) const
	Formats an object to produce a string. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable &obj, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const=0
	Format an object to produce a string. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable &obj, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format an object to produce a string. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from icu::Format
virtual	~Format ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual bool	operator== (const Format &other) const =0
	Return true if the given Format objects are semantically equal. More...

bool	operator!= (const Format &other) const
	Return true if the given Format objects are not semantically equal. More...

virtual Format *	clone () const =0
	Clone this object polymorphically. More...

UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable &obj, UnicodeString &appendTo, UErrorCode &status) const
	Formats an object to produce a string. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable &obj, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos, UErrorCode &status) const =0
	Format an object to produce a string. More...

virtual UnicodeString &	format (const Formattable &obj, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPositionIterator *posIter, UErrorCode &status) const
	Format an object to produce a string. More...

virtual void	parseObject (const UnicodeString &source, Formattable &result, ParsePosition &parse_pos) const =0
	Parse a string to produce an object. More...

void	parseObject (const UnicodeString &source, Formattable &result, UErrorCode &status) const
	Parses a string to produce an object. More...

Locale	getLocale (ULocDataLocaleType type, UErrorCode &status) const
	Get the locale for this format object. More...

const char *	getLocaleID (ULocDataLocaleType type, UErrorCode &status) const
	Get the locale for this format object. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from icu::UObject
virtual	~UObject ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual UClassID	getDynamicClassID () const
	ICU4C "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for the actual ICU class. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static UClassID	getStaticClassID (void)
	Returns the class ID for this class. More...

Static Public Member Functions inherited from icu::NumberFormat
static NumberFormat *	createInstance (UErrorCode &)
	Create a default style NumberFormat for the current default locale. More...

static NumberFormat *	createInstance (const Locale &inLocale, UErrorCode &)
	Create a default style NumberFormat for the specified locale. More...

static NumberFormat *	createInstance (const Locale &desiredLocale, UNumberFormatStyle style, UErrorCode &errorCode)
	Create a specific style NumberFormat for the specified locale. More...

static NumberFormat *	internalCreateInstance (const Locale &desiredLocale, UNumberFormatStyle style, UErrorCode &errorCode)
	ICU use only. More...

static const SharedNumberFormat *	createSharedInstance (const Locale &inLocale, UNumberFormatStyle style, UErrorCode &status)
	ICU use only. More...

static NumberFormat *	createCurrencyInstance (UErrorCode &)
	Returns a currency format for the current default locale. More...

static NumberFormat *	createCurrencyInstance (const Locale &inLocale, UErrorCode &)
	Returns a currency format for the specified locale. More...

static NumberFormat *	createPercentInstance (UErrorCode &)
	Returns a percentage format for the current default locale. More...

static NumberFormat *	createPercentInstance (const Locale &inLocale, UErrorCode &)
	Returns a percentage format for the specified locale. More...

static NumberFormat *	createScientificInstance (UErrorCode &)
	Returns a scientific format for the current default locale. More...

static NumberFormat *	createScientificInstance (const Locale &inLocale, UErrorCode &)
	Returns a scientific format for the specified locale. More...

static const Locale *	getAvailableLocales (int32_t &count)
	Get the set of Locales for which NumberFormats are installed. More...

static URegistryKey	registerFactory (NumberFormatFactory *toAdopt, UErrorCode &status)
	Register a new NumberFormatFactory. More...

static UBool	unregister (URegistryKey key, UErrorCode &status)
	Unregister a previously-registered NumberFormatFactory using the key returned from the register call. More...

static StringEnumeration *	getAvailableLocales (void)
	Return a StringEnumeration over the locales available at the time of the call, including registered locales. More...

static UClassID	getStaticClassID (void)
	Return the class ID for this class. More...

Friends
class	MessageFormat

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from icu::NumberFormat
enum	ERoundingMode { kRoundCeiling , kRoundFloor , kRoundDown , kRoundUp , kRoundHalfEven , kRoundHalfDown , kRoundHalfUp , kRoundUnnecessary }
	Rounding mode. More...

enum	EAlignmentFields { kIntegerField = UNUM_INTEGER_FIELD , kFractionField = UNUM_FRACTION_FIELD , kDecimalSeparatorField = UNUM_DECIMAL_SEPARATOR_FIELD , kExponentSymbolField = UNUM_EXPONENT_SYMBOL_FIELD , kExponentSignField = UNUM_EXPONENT_SIGN_FIELD , kExponentField = UNUM_EXPONENT_FIELD , kGroupingSeparatorField = UNUM_GROUPING_SEPARATOR_FIELD , kCurrencyField = UNUM_CURRENCY_FIELD , kPercentField = UNUM_PERCENT_FIELD , kPermillField = UNUM_PERMILL_FIELD , kSignField = UNUM_SIGN_FIELD , kMeasureUnitField = UNUM_MEASURE_UNIT_FIELD , kCompactField = UNUM_COMPACT_FIELD , INTEGER_FIELD = UNUM_INTEGER_FIELD , FRACTION_FIELD = UNUM_FRACTION_FIELD }
	Alignment Field constants used to construct a FieldPosition object. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from icu::NumberFormat
	NumberFormat ()
	Default constructor for subclass use only. More...

	NumberFormat (const NumberFormat &)
	Copy constructor. More...

NumberFormat &	operator= (const NumberFormat &)
	Assignment operator. More...

virtual void	getEffectiveCurrency (char16_t *result, UErrorCode &ec) const
	Returns the currency in effect for this formatter. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from icu::Format
void	setLocaleIDs (const char valid, const char actual)

	Format ()
	Default constructor for subclass use only. More...

	Format (const Format &)

Format &	operator= (const Format &)

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from icu::NumberFormat
static NumberFormat *	makeInstance (const Locale &desiredLocale, UNumberFormatStyle style, UBool mustBeDecimalFormat, UErrorCode &errorCode)
	Creates the specified number format style of the desired locale. More...

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from icu::Format
static void	syntaxError (const UnicodeString &pattern, int32_t pos, UParseError &parseError)
	Simple function for initializing a UParseError from a UnicodeString. More...

Static Protected Attributes inherited from icu::NumberFormat
static const int32_t	gDefaultMaxIntegerDigits

static const int32_t	gDefaultMinIntegerDigits

Detailed Description

ChoiceFormat converts between ranges of numeric values and strings for those ranges.

The strings must conform to the MessageFormat pattern syntax.

ChoiceFormat is probably not what you need. Please use MessageFormat with plural arguments for proper plural selection, and select arguments for simple selection among a fixed set of choices!

A ChoiceFormat splits the real number line -∞ to +∞ into two or more contiguous ranges. Each range is mapped to a string.

ChoiceFormat was originally intended for displaying grammatically correct plurals such as "There is one file." vs. "There are 2 files." However, plural rules for many languages are too complex for the capabilities of ChoiceFormat, and its requirement of specifying the precise rules for each message is unmanageable for translators.

There are two methods of defining a ChoiceFormat; both are equivalent. The first is by using a string pattern. This is the preferred method in most cases. The second method is through direct specification of the arrays that logically make up the ChoiceFormat.

Note: Typically, choice formatting is done (if done at all) via MessageFormat with a choice argument type, rather than using a stand-alone ChoiceFormat.

Patterns and Their Interpretation

The pattern string defines the range boundaries and the strings for each number range. Syntax:

choiceStyle = number separator message ('|' number separator message)*
number = normal_number | ['-']  ∞ (U+221E, infinity)
normal_number = double value (unlocalized ASCII string)
separator = less_than | less_than_or_equal
less_than = '<'
less_than_or_equal = '#' |  ≤ (U+2264)
message: see MessageFormat

Pattern_White_Space between syntax elements is ignored, except around each range's sub-message.

Each numeric sub-range extends from the current range's number to the next range's number. The number itself is included in its range if a less_than_or_equal sign is used, and excluded from its range (and instead included in the previous range) if a less_than sign is used.

When a ChoiceFormat is constructed from arrays of numbers, closure flags and strings, they are interpreted just like the sequence of (number separator string) in an equivalent pattern string. closure[i]==true corresponds to a less_than separator sign. The equivalent pattern string will be constructed automatically.

During formatting, a number is mapped to the first range where the number is not greater than the range's upper limit. That range's message string is returned. A NaN maps to the very first range.

During parsing, a range is selected for the longest match of any range's message. That range's number is returned, ignoring the separator/closure. Only a simple string match is performed, without parsing of arguments that might be specified in the message strings.

Note that the first range's number is ignored in formatting but may be returned from parsing.

Examples

Here is an example of two arrays that map the number 1..7 to the English day of the week abbreviations Sun..Sat. No closures array is given; this is the same as specifying all closures to be false.

    {1,2,3,4,5,6,7},
    {"Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thur","Fri","Sat"}

Here is an example that maps the ranges [-Inf, 1), [1, 1], and (1, +Inf] to three strings. That is, the number line is split into three ranges: x < 1.0, x = 1.0, and x > 1.0. (The round parentheses in the notation above indicate an exclusive boundary, like the turned bracket in European notation: [-Inf, 1) == [-Inf, 1[ )

    {0, 1, 1},
    {false, false, true},
    {"no files", "one file", "many files"}

Here is an example that shows formatting and parsing:

#include <unicode/choicfmt.h>
#include <unicode/unistr.h>
#include <iostream.h>
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    double limits[] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7};
    UnicodeString monthNames[] = {
        "Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"};
    ChoiceFormat fmt(limits, monthNames, 7);
    UnicodeString str;
    char buf[256];
    for (double x = 1.0; x <= 8.0; x += 1.0) {
        fmt.format(x, str);
        str.extract(0, str.length(), buf, 256, "");
        str.truncate(0);
        cout << x << " -> "
             << buf << endl;
    }
    cout << endl;
    return 0;
}

User subclasses are not supported. While clients may write subclasses, such code will not necessarily work and will not be guaranteed to work stably from release to release.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

Definition at line 176 of file choicfmt.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ChoiceFormat() [1/4]

icu::ChoiceFormat::ChoiceFormat	(	const UnicodeString &	pattern,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)

Constructs a new ChoiceFormat from the pattern string.

Parameters

pattern	Pattern used to construct object.
status	Output param to receive success code. If the pattern cannot be parsed, set to failure code.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ ChoiceFormat() [2/4]

icu::ChoiceFormat::ChoiceFormat	(	const double *	limits,
		const UnicodeString *	formats,
		int32_t	count
	)

Constructs a new ChoiceFormat with the given limits and message strings.

All closure flags default to false, equivalent to less_than_or_equal separators.

Copies the limits and formats instead of adopting them.

Parameters

limits	Array of limit values.
formats	Array of formats.
count	Size of 'limits' and 'formats' arrays.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ ChoiceFormat() [3/4]

icu::ChoiceFormat::ChoiceFormat	(	const double *	limits,
		const UBool *	closures,
		const UnicodeString *	formats,
		int32_t	count
	)

Constructs a new ChoiceFormat with the given limits, closure flags and message strings.

Copies the limits and formats instead of adopting them.

Parameters

limits	Array of limit values
closures	Array of booleans specifying whether each element of 'limits' is open or closed. If false, then the corresponding limit number is a member of its range. If true, then the limit number belongs to the previous range it.
formats	Array of formats
count	Size of 'limits', 'closures', and 'formats' arrays

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ ChoiceFormat() [4/4]

icu::ChoiceFormat::ChoiceFormat ( const ChoiceFormat & that )

Copy constructor.

Parameters

that	ChoiceFormat object to be copied from

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ ~ChoiceFormat()

virtual icu::ChoiceFormat::~ChoiceFormat ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

Member Function Documentation

◆ applyPattern() [1/2]

virtual void icu::ChoiceFormat::applyPattern	(	const UnicodeString &	pattern,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)

virtual

Sets the pattern.

Parameters

pattern	The pattern to be applied.
status	Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If the pattern is invalid, this will be set to a failure result.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ applyPattern() [2/2]

virtual void icu::ChoiceFormat::applyPattern	(	const UnicodeString &	pattern,
		UParseError &	parseError,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)

virtual

Sets the pattern.

Parameters

pattern	The pattern to be applied.
parseError	Struct to receive information on position of error if an error is encountered
status	Output param set to success/failure code on exit. If the pattern is invalid, this will be set to a failure result.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ clone()

virtual ChoiceFormat * icu::ChoiceFormat::clone ( ) const

overridevirtual

Clones this Format object.

The caller owns the result and must delete it when done.

Returns: a copy of this object

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

Implements icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [1/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	const Formattable &	obj,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

overridevirtual

Format an object to produce a string.

This method handles Formattable objects with numeric types. If the Formattable object type is not a numeric type, then it returns a failing UErrorCode.

Parameters

obj	The object to format.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
status	Output param filled with success/failure status.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 2.0

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [2/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	const Formattable &	obj,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPositionIterator *	posIter,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

overridevirtual

Format an object to produce a string.

This method handles Formattable objects with numeric types. If the Formattable object type is not a numeric type, then it returns a failing UErrorCode.

Parameters

obj	The object to format.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
posIter	On return, can be used to iterate over positions of fields generated by this format call. Can be NULL.
status	Output param filled with success/failure status.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 4.4

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [3/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::ChoiceFormat::format	(	const Formattable *	objs,
		int32_t	cnt,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos,
		UErrorCode &	success
	)		const

virtual

Formats an array of objects using this object's choices.

Parameters

objs	The array of objects to be formatted.
cnt	The size of objs.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
success	Output param set to success/failure code on exit.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ format() [4/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	const number::impl::DecimalQuantity &	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

virtual

Format a decimal number.

The number is a DecimalQuantity wrapper onto a floating point decimal number. The default implementation in NumberFormat converts the decimal number to a double and formats that. Subclasses of NumberFormat that want to specifically handle big decimal numbers must override this method. class DecimalFormat does so.

Parameters

number	The number, a DecimalQuantity format Decimal Floating Point.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
status	Output param filled with success/failure status.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Internal:: Do not use. This API is for internal use only.

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [5/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	const number::impl::DecimalQuantity &	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPositionIterator *	posIter,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

virtual

Format a decimal number.

The number is a DecimalQuantity wrapper onto a floating point decimal number. The default implementation in NumberFormat converts the decimal number to a double and formats that. Subclasses of NumberFormat that want to specifically handle big decimal numbers must override this method. class DecimalFormat does so.

Parameters

number	The number, a DecimalQuantity format Decimal Floating Point.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
posIter	On return, can be used to iterate over positions of fields generated by this format call.
status	Output param filled with success/failure status.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Internal:: Do not use. This API is for internal use only.

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [6/21]

UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	double	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo
	)		const

Format a double number.

These methods call the NumberFormat pure virtual format() methods with the default FieldPosition.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 2.0

◆ format() [7/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::ChoiceFormat::format	(	double	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos
	)		const

overridevirtual

Formats a double number using this object's choices.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

Implements icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [8/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	double	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos
	)		const

virtual

Format a double number.

Concrete subclasses must implement these pure virtual methods.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 2.0

Implements icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [9/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	double	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

virtual

Format a double number.

By default, the parent function simply calls the base class and does not return an error status. Therefore, the status may be ignored in some subclasses.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
status	error status

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Internal:: Do not use. This API is for internal use only.

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [10/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	double	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPositionIterator *	posIter,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

virtual

Format a double number.

Subclasses must implement this method.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
posIter	On return, can be used to iterate over positions of fields generated by this format call. Can be NULL.
status	Output param filled with success/failure status.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 4.4

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [11/21]

UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	int32_t	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo
	)		const

Format a long number.

These methods call the NumberFormat pure virtual format() methods with the default FieldPosition.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 2.0

◆ format() [12/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::ChoiceFormat::format	(	int32_t	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos
	)		const

overridevirtual

Formats an int32_t number using this object's choices.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

Implements icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [13/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	int32_t	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos
	)		const

virtual

Format a long number.

Concrete subclasses must implement these pure virtual methods.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 2.0

Implements icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [14/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	int32_t	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

virtual

Format a long number.

Concrete subclasses may override this function to provide status return.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
status	the output status.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Internal:: Do not use. This API is for internal use only.

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [15/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	int32_t	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPositionIterator *	posIter,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

virtual

Format an int32 number.

Subclasses must implement this method.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
posIter	On return, can be used to iterate over positions of fields generated by this format call. Can be NULL.
status	Output param filled with success/failure status.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 4.4

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [16/21]

UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	int64_t	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo
	)		const

Format an int64 number.

These methods call the NumberFormat pure virtual format() methods with the default FieldPosition.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 2.8

◆ format() [17/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	int64_t	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos
	)		const

virtual

Format an int64 number.

(Not abstract to retain compatibility with earlier releases, however subclasses should override this method as it just delegates to format(int32_t number...);

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 2.8

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [18/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::ChoiceFormat::format	(	int64_t	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos
	)		const

overridevirtual

Formats an int64_t number using this object's choices.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [19/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	int64_t	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPosition &	pos,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

virtual

Format an int64 number.

(Not abstract to retain compatibility with earlier releases, however subclasses should override this method as it just delegates to format(int32_t number...);

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
pos	On input: an alignment field, if desired. On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
status	Output param filled with success/failure status.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Internal:: Do not use. This API is for internal use only.

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [20/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	int64_t	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPositionIterator *	posIter,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

virtual

Format an int64 number.

Subclasses must implement this method.

Parameters

number	The value to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
posIter	On return, can be used to iterate over positions of fields generated by this format call. Can be NULL.
status	Output param filled with success/failure status.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 4.4

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ format() [21/21]

virtual UnicodeString & icu::NumberFormat::format	(	StringPiece	number,
		UnicodeString &	appendTo,
		FieldPositionIterator *	posIter,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

virtual

Format a decimal number.

Subclasses must implement this method. The syntax of the unformatted number is a "numeric string" as defined in the Decimal Arithmetic Specification, available at http://speleotrove.com/decimal

Parameters

number	The unformatted number, as a string, to be formatted.
appendTo	Output parameter to receive result. Result is appended to existing contents.
posIter	On return, can be used to iterate over positions of fields generated by this format call. Can be NULL.
status	Output param filled with success/failure status.

Returns: Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.

Stable:: ICU 4.4

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ getClosures()

virtual const UBool * icu::ChoiceFormat::getClosures ( int32_t & count ) const

virtual

Returns NULL and 0.

Before ICU 4.8, this used to return the limit booleans array.

Parameters

count Will be set to 0.

Returns: NULL

Deprecated:: ICU 4.8 Use the MessagePattern class to analyze a ChoiceFormat pattern.

◆ getDynamicClassID()

virtual UClassID icu::ChoiceFormat::getDynamicClassID ( void ) const

overridevirtual

Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY.

Part of ICU's "poor man's RTTI".

Returns: The class ID for this object. All objects of a given class have the same class ID. Objects of other classes have different class IDs.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

Implements icu::NumberFormat.

◆ getFormats()

virtual const UnicodeString * icu::ChoiceFormat::getFormats ( int32_t & count ) const

virtual

Returns NULL and 0.

Before ICU 4.8, this used to return the array of choice strings.

Parameters

count Will be set to 0.

Returns: NULL

Deprecated:: ICU 4.8 Use the MessagePattern class to analyze a ChoiceFormat pattern.

◆ getLimits()

virtual const double * icu::ChoiceFormat::getLimits ( int32_t & count ) const

virtual

Returns NULL and 0.

Before ICU 4.8, this used to return the choice limits array.

Parameters

count Will be set to 0.

Returns: NULL

Deprecated:: ICU 4.8 Use the MessagePattern class to analyze a ChoiceFormat pattern.

◆ getStaticClassID()

static UClassID icu::ChoiceFormat::getStaticClassID ( void )

static

Returns the class ID for this class.

This is useful only for comparing to a return value from getDynamicClassID(). For example:

.       Base* polymorphic_pointer = createPolymorphicObject();
.       if (polymorphic_pointer->getDynamicClassID() ==
.           Derived::getStaticClassID()) ...

Returns: The class ID for all objects of this class.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ operator=()

const ChoiceFormat & icu::ChoiceFormat::operator= ( const ChoiceFormat & that )

Assignment operator.

Parameters

that	ChoiceFormat object to be copied

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ operator==()

virtual bool icu::ChoiceFormat::operator== ( const Format & other ) const

overridevirtual

Returns true if the given Format objects are semantically equal.

Objects of different subclasses are considered unequal.

Parameters

other ChoiceFormat object to be compared

Returns: true if other is the same as this.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ parse() [1/3]

virtual void icu::ChoiceFormat::parse	(	const UnicodeString &	text,
		Formattable &	result,
		ParsePosition &	parsePosition
	)		const

overridevirtual

Looks for the longest match of any message string on the input text and, if there is a match, sets the result object to the corresponding range's number.

If no string matches, then the parsePosition is unchanged.

Parameters

text	The text to be parsed.
result	Formattable to be set to the parse result. If parse fails, return contents are undefined.
parsePosition	The position to start parsing at on input. On output, moved to after the last successfully parse character. On parse failure, does not change.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

Implements icu::NumberFormat.

◆ parse() [2/3]

virtual void icu::NumberFormat::parse	(	const UnicodeString &	text,
		Formattable &	result,
		ParsePosition &	parsePosition
	)		const

virtual

Return a long if possible (e.g.

within range LONG_MAX, LONG_MAX], and with no decimals), otherwise a double. If IntegerOnly is set, will stop at a decimal point (or equivalent; e.g. for rational numbers "1 2/3", will stop after the 1).

If no object can be parsed, index is unchanged, and NULL is returned.

This is a pure virtual which concrete subclasses must implement.

Parameters

text	The text to be parsed.
result	Formattable to be set to the parse result. If parse fails, return contents are undefined.
parsePosition	The position to start parsing at on input. On output, moved to after the last successfully parse character. On parse failure, does not change.

Stable:: ICU 2.0

Implements icu::NumberFormat.

◆ parse() [3/3]

virtual void icu::NumberFormat::parse	(	const UnicodeString &	text,
		Formattable &	result,
		UErrorCode &	status
	)		const

virtual

Parse a string as a numeric value, and return a Formattable numeric object.

This method parses integers only if IntegerOnly is set.

Parameters

text	The text to be parsed.
result	Formattable to be set to the parse result. If parse fails, return contents are undefined.
status	Output parameter set to a failure error code when a failure occurs. The error code when the string fails to parse is U_INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR, unless overridden by a subclass.

See also: NumberFormat::isParseIntegerOnly

Stable:: ICU 2.0

Reimplemented from icu::NumberFormat.

◆ setChoices() [1/2]

virtual void icu::ChoiceFormat::setChoices	(	const double *	limits,
		const UBool *	closures,
		const UnicodeString *	formats,
		int32_t	count
	)

virtual

Sets the choices to be used in formatting.

For details see the constructor with the same parameter list.

Parameters

limits	Array of limits
closures	Array of limit booleans
formats	Array of format string
count	The size of the above arrays

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ setChoices() [2/2]

virtual void icu::ChoiceFormat::setChoices	(	const double *	limitsToCopy,
		const UnicodeString *	formatsToCopy,
		int32_t	count
	)

virtual

Sets the choices to be used in formatting.

For details see the constructor with the same parameter list.

Parameters

limitsToCopy	Contains the top value that you want parsed with that format,and should be in ascending sorted order. When formatting X, the choice will be the i, where limit[i] <= X < limit[i+1].
formatsToCopy	The format strings you want to use for each limit.
count	The size of the above arrays.

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

◆ toPattern()

virtual UnicodeString & icu::ChoiceFormat::toPattern ( UnicodeString & pattern ) const

virtual

Gets the pattern.

Parameters

pattern Output param which will receive the pattern Previous contents are deleted.

Returns: A reference to 'pattern'

Deprecated:: ICU 49 Use MessageFormat instead, with plural and select arguments.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ MessageFormat

friend class MessageFormat

friend

Definition at line 497 of file choicfmt.h.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

choicfmt.h

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Friends

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Patterns and Their Interpretation

Examples

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ChoiceFormat() [1/4]

◆ ChoiceFormat() [2/4]

◆ ChoiceFormat() [3/4]

◆ ChoiceFormat() [4/4]

◆ ~ChoiceFormat()

Member Function Documentation

◆ applyPattern() [1/2]

◆ applyPattern() [2/2]

◆ clone()

◆ format() [1/21]

◆ format() [2/21]

◆ format() [3/21]

◆ format() [4/21]

◆ format() [5/21]

◆ format() [6/21]

◆ format() [7/21]

◆ format() [8/21]

◆ format() [9/21]

◆ format() [10/21]

◆ format() [11/21]

◆ format() [12/21]

◆ format() [13/21]

◆ format() [14/21]

◆ format() [15/21]

◆ format() [16/21]

◆ format() [17/21]

◆ format() [18/21]

◆ format() [19/21]

◆ format() [20/21]

◆ format() [21/21]

◆ getClosures()

◆ getDynamicClassID()

◆ getFormats()

◆ getLimits()

◆ getStaticClassID()

◆ operator=()

◆ operator==()

◆ parse() [1/3]

◆ parse() [2/3]

◆ parse() [3/3]

◆ setChoices() [1/2]

◆ setChoices() [2/2]

◆ toPattern()

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ MessageFormat