Possibly the python version in your production server. str.format() is available since python 2.6.
-- Vinicius Assef. On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Franklin Freitas <[email protected]> wrote: > In order to format numbers with thousands separator and custom number > of decimals, I created the following function and included it in my > "db.py" model so it could be accessed through the entire application. > > def number_format(num, places=0): > return locale.format("%.*f", (places, num), True) > > I use it my views like: > > {{=number_format(x.vebamt,2)}} > > It works great in my development environment, but after migrating it > to production (I am using a linode vps) the function doesn't work, I > doesn't give me an error, it just doesn't format the numbers. > > Any ideas what could be wrong ? I searched the group for a solution > for formatting numbers and didn't find a previous post on this matter > > Thanks for your help > > Franklin
