On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 13:49 -0400, Paul D. Kraus wrote:
> How can i print a float as a currency with commas.
>
> 1222333.4 -> 1,222,333.40
>
> if i '%0.2f'%number
>
> i get
> 1222333.40
import locale
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,"")
'en_US.UTF-8'
>>> currency_symbol = locale.localeconv()['currency_symbol']
>>> num = 1222333.4
>>> print currency_symbol + locale.format("%.2f", num, 1) # insert commas
$1,222,333.40
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
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