Code reviewMediumcr-g116

Subject LocaleLevel Mid–Senior~25 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Java code that parses a price string from a form post.

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Code to reviewjava

1import java.text.NumberFormat;2 3double parsePrice(String s) throws Exception {4    NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance();   // default locale5    return nf.parse(s).doubleValue();6}7 8// parsePrice("1.234")  on a de-DE server

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