Frederick Cheung wrote: > On May 2, 1:44�pm, 7stud -- <[email protected]> wrote: >> ... >> <span><%= number_to_currency(product.price) %</span> >> -------- >> >> 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()? > > Well rather than having format strings spread all over the place, you > centralized the concept of formatting a number in one place, the > number_to_currency method. If you wanted to change currency formatting > you'd just have to change that one helper. >
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