Parse a string in a locale-aware manner and return a number.

Arguments

• string is any t:String

• options is a keyword list of options

Options

• :number is one of :integer, :float, :decimal or nil. The default is nil meaning that the type auto-detected as either an integer or a float.

• :backend is any module that includes use Cldr and is therefore a CLDR backend module. The default is Cldr.default_backend/0.

• :locale is any locale returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/1 or a Cldr.LanguageTag.t. The default is options[:backend].get_locale/1.

Returns

• A number of the requested or default type or

• {:error, {exception, message}} if no number could be determined

Notes

This function parses a string to return a number but in a locale-aware manner. It will normalise digits, grouping characters and decimal separators.

It will transliterate digits that are in the number system of the specific locale. For example, if the locale is th (Thailand), then Thai digits are transliterated to the Latin script before parsing.

Some number systems do not have decimal digits and in this case an error will be returned, rather than continue parsing and return misleading results.

It also caters for different forms of the + and - symbols that appear in Unicode and strips any _ characters that might be used for formatting in a string.

It then parses the number using the Elixir standard library functions.

If the option :number is used and the parsed number cannot be coerced to this type without losing precision then an error is returned.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.parse("＋1.000,34", locale: "de")
{:ok, 1000.34}

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.parse("-1_000_000.34")
{:ok, -1000000.34}

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.parse("1.000", locale: "de", number: :integer)
{:ok, 1000}

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.parse "١٢٣٤٥", locale: "ar"
{:ok, 12345}

# 1_000.34 cannot be coerced into an integer
# without precision loss so an error is returned.
iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.parse("＋1.000,34", locale: "de", number: :integer)
{:error,
  {Cldr.Number.ParseError,
   "The string \"＋1.000,34\" could not be parsed as a number"}}

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.parse "一万二千三百四十五", locale: "ja-u-nu-jpan"
{:error,
 {Cldr.UnknownNumberSystemError,
  "The number system :jpan is not known or does not have digits"}}

Resolve curencies from strings within a list.

Arguments

• list is any list in which currency names and symbols are expected

• options is a keyword list of options

Options

• :backend is any module() that includes use Cldr and therefore is a Cldr backend module(). The default is Cldr.default_backend!/0

• :locale is any valid locale returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/1 or a t:Cldr.LanguageTag struct returned by Cldr.Locale.new!/2 The default is options[:backend].get_locale()

• :only is an atom or list of atoms representing the currencies or currency types to be considered for a match. The equates to a list of acceptable currencies for parsing. See the notes below for currency types.

• :except is an atom or list of atoms representing the currencies or currency types to be not considered for a match. This equates to a list of unacceptable currencies for parsing. See the notes below for currency types.

• :fuzzy is a float greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 1.0 which is used as input to String.jaro_distance/2 to determine is the provided currency string is close enough to a known currency string for it to identify definitively a currency code. It is recommended to use numbers greater than 0.8 in order to reduce false positives.

Returns

• An ISO4217 currency code as an atom or

• {:error, {exception, message}}

Notes

The :only and :except options accept a list of currency codes and/or currency types. The following types are recognised.

If both :only and :except are specified, the :except entries take priority - that means any entries in :except are removed from the :only entries.

• :all, the default, considers all currencies

• :current considers those currencies that have a :to date of nil and which also is a known ISO4217 currency

• :historic is the opposite of :current

• :tender considers currencies that are legal tender

• :unannotated considers currencies that don't have "(some string)" in their names. These are usually financial instruments.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.scan("100 US dollars")
...> |> Cldr.Number.Parser.resolve_currencies
[100, :USD]

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.scan("100 eurosports")
...> |> Cldr.Number.Parser.resolve_currencies(fuzzy: 0.8)
[100, :EUR]

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.scan("100 dollars des États-Unis")
...> |> Cldr.Number.Parser.resolve_currencies(locale: "fr")
[100, :USD]

Resolve a currency from a string

Arguments

• list is any list in which currency names and symbols are expected

• options is a keyword list of options

Options

• :backend is any module() that includes use Cldr and therefore is a Cldr backend module(). The default is Cldr.default_backend!/0

• :locale is any valid locale returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/1 or a Cldr.LanguageTag struct returned by Cldr.Locale.new!/2 The default is options[:backend].get_locale()

• :only is an atom or list of atoms representing the currencies or currency types to be considered for a match. The equates to a list of acceptable currencies for parsing. See the notes below for currency types.

• :except is an atom or list of atoms representing the currencies or currency types to be not considered for a match. This equates to a list of unacceptable currencies for parsing. See the notes below for currency types.

• :fuzzy is a float greater than 0.0 and less than or equal to 1.0 which is used as input to String.jaro_distance/2 to determine is the provided currency string is close enough to a known currency string for it to identify definitively a currency code. It is recommended to use numbers greater than 0.8 in order to reduce false positives.

Returns

• An ISO417 currency code as an atom or

• {:error, {exception, message}}

Notes

The :only and :except options accept a list of currency codes and/or currency types. The following types are recognised.

If both :only and :except are specified, the :except entries take priority - that means any entries in :except are removed from the :only entries.

• :all, the default, considers all currencies

• :current considers those currencies that have a :to date of nil and which also is a known ISO4217 currency

• :historic is the opposite of :current

• :tender considers currencies that are legal tender

• :unannotated considers currencies that don't have "(some string)" in their names. These are usually financial instruments.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.resolve_currency("US dollars")
:USD

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.resolve_currency("100 eurosports", fuzzy: 0.75)
:EUR

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.resolve_currency("dollars des États-Unis", locale: "fr")
:USD

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.resolve_currency("not a known currency", locale: "fr")
{:error,
 {Cldr.UnknownCurrencyError,
  "The currency \"not a known currency\" is unknown or not supported"}}

Scans a string in a locale-aware manner and returns a list of strings and numbers.

Arguments

• string is any String.t

• options is a keyword list of options

Options

• :number is one of :integer, :float, :decimal or nil. The default is nil meaning that the type auto-detected as either an integer or a float.

• :backend is any module that includes use Cldr and is therefore a CLDR backend module. The default is Cldr.default_backend!/0.

• :locale is any locale returned by Cldr.known_locale_names/1 or a t:Cldr.LanguageTag. The default is options[:backend].get_locale/1.

Returns

• A list of strings and numbers

Notes

Number parsing is performed by Cldr.Number.Parser.parse/2 and any options provided are passed to that function.

Examples

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.scan("£1_000_000.34")
["£", 1000000.34]

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.scan("I want £1_000_000 dollars")
["I want £", 1000000, " dollars"]

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.scan("The prize is 23")
["The prize is ", 23]

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.scan("The lottery number is 23 for the next draw")
["The lottery number is ", 23, " for the next draw"]

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.scan("The loss is -1.000 euros", locale: "de", number: :integer)
["The loss is ", -1000, " euros"]

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.scan "1kg"
[1, "kg"]

iex> Cldr.Number.Parser.scan "A number is the arab script ١٢٣٤٥", locale: "ar"
["A number is the arab script ", 12345]