Richard Kessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I am relatively new to Python.  Love it, but I find things that I
> can do easily in .NET and cannot find a way to do in Python. I need
> to format a number as currency, for example 12343.56 to $12,343.56.
>
> In C# all I need to do is decimal x = 12343.56 then
> x.ToString("$###,###.00");

Rather than implement a custom format, Python provides the 'locale'
module to handle locale-specific things like digit-grouping.

    <URL:http://docs.python.org/lib/module-locale>

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