On p. 93, AWDWR(3rd) it says,
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...we could do this:
<span><%= sprintf("$0.02f", product.price) %</span>
This would work, but it embeds knowledge of currency formatting into the
view. Should we want to internationalize the application later, this
would be a maintenance problem.
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<Goody. Let's move the formatting out of the view and into a more
centralized location. The Product model? Hmm...maybe, but not all
calls to the Product model will want the number converted to a formatted
string. The ProductsController then? Yes, yes. That must be it!>
<turn the page>
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Instead, let's use a helper method to format the price as a currency.
...
...
<span><%= number_to_currency(product.price) %</span>
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Wt?? How does that solve any maintenance issues. If I later want to
change the view to display a different format, what's the difference
between having to change the parameters of number_to_currency()
everywhere it appears vs. changing the format of sprintf()?
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