Re: Any reason why printf() does not support formats with thousands separator?

On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote: > John Iliffe wrote: > >> On Monday 10 July 2017 03:07:50 Per Jessen wrote: >> >>> $SUBJ says it all - I've recently discovered that a format such >>> as %'.2f" results in this: >>> >>> php -r "printf(\"%'.2f\", 23232323.237);" >>> 23232323.237000 >>> >>> I know that number_format() will do the same, but I am given the format >>> spec as an interface, I would need to try to parse it and then decide >>> whether to use printf() or number_format(). >>> >> >> Try >> php -r "printf(\"%.2f\", 232323.4567);" >> 232323.46 >> > > That works, but doesn't do what I want - add thousands separators :-) > > From the manual [1]: "An alternate padding character can be specified by prefixing it with a single quote (')." and doesn't mention using it for thousands like the C printf does. [1] - http://php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php > > > /Per > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >