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angular currency pipe pt-br as variable

//I solved this way:

//app.module.ts

import { LOCALE_ID } from '@angular/core';
import localePt from '@angular/common/locales/pt';
import {registerLocaleData} from '@angular/common';
registerLocaleData(localePt)

 providers: [{
    provide: LOCALE_ID, 
    useValue: "pt-BR"
  }],

//.html

currency:'BRL'