Java Programming

Need some ideas please.

I am formatting numbers for reports and sometimes I have really long numbers, but our customers don't like Scientific Notation. I also want to take into account local localization for number formating.

Am I reduced to using a code block such as:

if (number > 1,000,000,000)
{
    number = number / 1,000,000,000;
    string = numberformat.parse(number) + "B";
}
else if (number > 1,000,000)
{
    number = number / 1,000,000;
    string = numberformat.parse(number) + "M";
}
...

you get the idea I hope.

Is there nothing else I can do?

Thanks

-Dennis