Java Glossary : euro

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In Java source code, the euro currency symbol, the one that looks like a rounded E, is written as "\u20AC", (char)0x20ac or (char)8364.

The euro has recently been given the html code ( € €).

If you can guarantee the reader is using the Latin-1 encoded character set, you can get the euro in HTML ( € ).

On 2002-01-01 twelve countries started using the euro as their official currency: Austria (at), Belgium (be), Finland (fi), France (fr), Germany (de), Greece (gr), Ireland (ie), Italy (it), Luxembourg (lu), Netherlands (nl), Portugal (pt), Spain (es).

The 10 new members that joined on 2004-05-01 : Poland (pl), Hungary (hu), the Czech Republic (cz), Slovakia (sk), Slovenia (si), Latvia (lv), Lithuania (lt), Estonia (ee), Cyprus (cy) and Malta (mt), do not yet use the euro, but are committed to do so in the future.

Note that the following countries are not part of the euro group: Denmark (dk), Great Britain (uk), Norway (no), Sweden(se), Switzerland (ch).

Use this Applet to view the value of one euro in your native currency:

Euro is €1.00 EUR

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