From 87c89f8e0864078950c4723a4fafa92e85162856 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Felt <dougfelt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:21:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ICU-3935 RFE: add ability to name RBNF ruleset in fraction
 rules

X-SVN-Rev: 15997
---
 icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NFSubstitution.java | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NFSubstitution.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NFSubstitution.java
index 79b70125b32..d8d407625be 100755
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NFSubstitution.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NFSubstitution.java
@@ -1216,7 +1216,10 @@ class FractionalPartSubstitution extends NFSubstitution {
                                RuleBasedNumberFormat formatter,
                                String description) {
         super(pos, ruleSet, formatter, description);
-        if (description.equals(">>") || description.equals(">>>") || ruleSet == this.ruleSet) {
+// the idea is to allow a rule set name in the digits portion of a proper or improper fraction rule set
+	boolean chevron = description.charAt(0) == '>' && description.charAt(description.length()-1) == '>';
+//          if (description.equals(">>") || description.equals(">>>") || ruleSet == this.ruleSet) {
+        if (chevron || ruleSet == this.ruleSet) {
             byDigits = true;
             if (description.equals(">>>")) {
               useSpaces = false;