46. The NumberFormat class

• 
  import java.text.NumberFormat;
  
  

• Three static methods of the NumberFormat class are

  
      getCurrencyInstance()
      getPercentInstance()
      getNumberInstance()
  
  

• Three methods of a NumberFormat object

  
      format(anyNumberType)
      setMinimumFractionDigits(int)
      setMaximumFractionDigits(int)