> Robert Citek wrote: >> Not sure if there is a better way. My guess is that there is probably >> some module to convert float to currency and then print it as a >> string. But a quick Google didn't turn up anything. > > Here' why (extracted from `perldoc perllocale`): > > Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts > > The C standard defines the "LC_MONETARY" category, but no > function that is affected by its contents. (Those with experience of > standards committees will recognize that the working group decided to > punt on the issue.) Consequently, Perl takes no notice of it. If you > really want to use "LC_MONETARY", you can query its contents--see "The > localeconv function"--and use the information that it returns in your > application¹s own formatting of currency amounts. However, you may well > find that the information, voluminous and complex though it may be, > still does not quite meet your requirements: currency formatting is a > hard nut to crack.
That's what I needed to know -- thanks Shawn (and Jim and Robert). - Bryan -- Bryan Harris Sr. Systems Engineer II Huntsville Operations Analysis & System Performance Missile Systems, Raytheon Company b...@raytheon.com 256.542.4632 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
