[Python-checkins] r64952 - peps/trunk/pep-3101.txt

[Eric Smith]

Raymond Hettinger wrote:
>> Author: eric.smith
>> Added '#' alternate formatting for integers.  See issue 3138.
> 
> I would *really* like to see some way to specify a thousands separator.  
> Going through the locale module is a pita for this common need.

Use the 'n' formatter. Admittedly, you have to have already set the 
correct locale.

$ ./python.exe
Python 2.6b1+ (trunk:64757M, Jul  8 2008, 14:09:11)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import locale
 >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'en_US')
'en_US'
 >>> format(1000, 'n')
'1,000'
 >>>