      *
      * <p>This function formats the number based on the property values
      *  of the formatter.
-     *  If the properties are not modified after the locale style is set, the
-     *  numbers are formatted according to the locale-specific conventions
+     *  If the properties are not modified after the <code>locale</code> style is set,  
+     *  the numbers are formatted according to the locale-specific conventions
      *  provided by the operating system for the locale identified
-     *  by <code>actualLocaleIDName</code>.
+     *  by the <code>actualLocaleIDName</code> property.
      *  To customize the format, the properties
      *  can be altered to control specific aspects of formatting a number.</p>
      *

     *    </table>
     *
     *
     *  The default value is dependent on the locale and operating system.
     *
     *  @throws ArgumentError if the assigned value is not a number
     *  between 0 and 4.

     *  <p>A single white space is allowed between the number and the
     *  minus sign or parenthesis. A white space
     *  character is a character that has a Space Separator (Zs) property
     *  in the Unicode Character Database.
     *  For more information, 
     *  see <a href="http://www.unicode.org/ucd/">http://www.unicode.org/ucd/</a>).</p>
     *
     *  <p>Other properties are ignored when determining a valid number.
     *  Specifically the value of the
