Currency format for floats?

[Russell Wallace]

Joseph Santaniello wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have an SQL query which I can format to give me a nice value like
> 23,342.40 which Python squashes into 23342.4 when I stick it into a
> list element. Is there a nice way to format floats so they look like
> (US) currency?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Joe

I've written a formatting routine that does this.  (For physical
quantities, it can also round to a specified number of significant
figures irrespective of where the decimal point is.)  Let me know if you
want a copy.

Is there a central repository for these sort of things?

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