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

Ryan Pallas wrote: > 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. I had not actually read that bit, but I had noticed that the thousands separator character was not mentioned (as opposed to the C version). It just seems such a really odd omission, so I got curious as to why. I wonder if anyone's written a fully C-compliant printf() for php? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (23.9°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland.