Re: Format a number as currency! I can't find any help on this simple problem.

[Peter Otten]

jr wrote:

>> >>> import locale
>> >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'English_United States.1252')
>> 'English_United States.1252'

> Just tried the first 2 commands on win XP, Python 2.5 under Idle.
> An Error is raised: "unsupported locale setting" (lib/locale.py in
> setlocale, line 476).
> Actually I get the error also under Python 2.4.3
> Any idea what I'm missing?

Let your machine decide

>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
'de_DE.UTF-8'

or try something less specific:

>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "en_US")
'en_US'

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Re: Format a number as currency! I can't find any help on this simple problem.

[Jerry]

Replace the conv function call with locale.localeconv.

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Re: Format a number as currency! I can't find any help on this simple problem.

[jr]

Hi, Bernard.
Just tried the first 2 commands on win XP, Python 2.5 under Idle.
An Error is raised: "unsupported locale setting" (lib/locale.py in
setlocale, line 476).
Actually I get the error also under Python 2.4.3
Any idea what I'm missing?
Thanks in advance.
Jürgen
Bernard wrote:
> >>> import locale
> >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'English_United States.1252')
> 'English_United States.1252'
> >>> conv = locale.localeconv()
> >>> x = 1234567.8
> >>> locale.format("%d", x, grouping=True)
> '1,234,567'
> >>> locale.format("%s%.*f", (conv['currency_symbol'], 
> >>> conv['int_frac_digits'], x), grouping=True)
> '$1,234,567.80'
>
> Hi Richards,
>
> This works for me. I agree it's a bit complicated compared to C# but it
> works. I'd put it in a function if I had to use it.
>
>
> Richard Kessler wrote:
> > 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");
> >
> > I cannot find a way to do this in Python. I must be missing something very
> > simple here. I have tried the locale module but it will not put in the 
> > commas.
> > I hope I do not have to write my own formatting routine...surely one is out
> > there and I just can't find it.
> >
> > Running on XP Pro. Python 2.4.3.
> > 
> > Thanks much in advance,
> > 
> > Richard

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Re: Format a number as currency! I can't find any help on this simple problem.

[Ben Finney]

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.

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

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Re: Format a number as currency! I can't find any help on this simple problem.

[Bernard]

>>> import locale
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'English_United States.1252')
'English_United States.1252'
>>> conv = locale.localeconv()
>>> x = 1234567.8
>>> locale.format("%d", x, grouping=True)
'1,234,567'
>>> locale.format("%s%.*f", (conv['currency_symbol'], conv['int_frac_digits'], 
>>> x), grouping=True)
'$1,234,567.80'

Hi Richards,

This works for me. I agree it's a bit complicated compared to C# but it
works. I'd put it in a function if I had to use it.


Richard Kessler wrote:
> 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");
>
> I cannot find a way to do this in Python. I must be missing something very
> simple here. I have tried the locale module but it will not put in the commas.
> I hope I do not have to write my own formatting routine...surely one is out
> there and I just can't find it.
>
> Running on XP Pro. Python 2.4.3.
> 
> Thanks much in advance,
> 
> Richard

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Format a number as currency! I can't find any help on this simple problem.

[Richard Kessler]

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");

I cannot find a way to do this in Python. I must be missing something very 
simple here. I have tried the locale module but it will not put in the commas. 
I hope I do not have to write my own formatting routine...surely one is out 
there and I just can't find it.

Running on XP Pro. Python 2.4.3.

Thanks much in advance,

Richard

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