Currency format for floats?

[Ken Seehof]

>>> x = 34.9
>>> s = "$%.2f" % x
>>> print s
$34.90

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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