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Created January 16, 2010 20:24
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commafy a number
def commafy(num):
return splitThousands(str(num), ',', '.')
def splitThousands(s, tSep, dSep=None):
if s.rfind('.')>0:
rhs=s[s.rfind('.')+1:]
s=s[:s.rfind('.')-1]
if len(s) <= 3: return s + dSep + rhs
return splitThousands(s[:-3], tSep) + tSep + s[-3:] + dSep + rhs
else:
if len(s) <= 3: return s
return splitThousands(s[:-3], tSep) + tSep + s[-3:]
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