[Templates] formatting a Number with comma seperating 1000's

[C. Chad Wallace]

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Martin Moss wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Was wondering if there is an easy way to format a
> number in template toolkit to pad each 1000 withn a
> comma..
> 
> e.g 1000 become 1,000   and 1000000 becomes 1,000,000

Check out the Number::Format plugin:

http://search.cpan.org/dist/Template-Plugin-Number-Format/Format.pm


For example: (untested, since I don't have the plugin installed)

[% USE Number.Format( THOUSANDS_SEP => ',' ) %]
[% "1000" | format_number %]
[% "1000000" | format_number %]

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C. Chad Wallace, B.Sc.
The Lodging Company
http://www.skihills.com/
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