Best way to parseDouble with comma as decimal separator?

Question

Following is resulting in an Exception:

String p=\"1,234\";
Double d=Double.valueOf(p); 
System.out.println(d);

Is there a bet

Answer 1

Use java.text.NumberFormat:

NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.FRANCE);
Number number = format.parse("1,234");
double d = number.doubleValue();

Updated:

To support multi-language apps use:

NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.getDefault());