From: Peter <Peter.Vanbroekhoven@...>
Date: 2003-12-09T04:37:54+09:00
Subject: Re: format money

> Yes, there is.  I'm sure that there's a module in the RAA for this,
> although I can't find it at the moment.  It's not too hard to do manually,
> though:
>
> irb(main):001:0> balance = 2111000.5756
> => 2111000.5756
> irb(main):002:0>  balance = (balance * 100).round/100.0
> => 2111000.58
> irb(main):003:0> balance.to_s.reverse.gsub(/\d{3}/, '\&,').reverse
> => "2,111,000.58"

This would turn 111000.5756 into ,111,000.58
I assume that's not the intention?

irb(main):001:0> balance = 111000.5756
=> 111000.5756
irb(main):002:0> balance = (balance * 100).round/100.0
=> 111000.58
irb(main):003:0> balance.to_s.reverse.gsub(/\d{3}/, '\&,').reverse
=> ",111,000.58"
irb(main):004:0> balance.to_s.reverse.gsub(/\d{3}(?=\d)/, '\&,').reverse
=> "111,000.58"
irb(main):005:0>

Peter