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authorEric Smith <eric@trueblade.com>2010-04-06 15:21:59 (GMT)
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@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ width and the precision::
>>> '{:20,.2f}'.format(18446744073709551616.0)
'18,446,744,073,709,551,616.00'
+When formatting an integer, include the comma after the width:
+
+ >>> '{:20,d}'.format(18446744073709551616)
+ '18,446,744,073,709,551,616'
+
This mechanism is not adaptable at all; commas are always used as the
separator and the grouping is always into three-digit groups. The
comma-formatting mechanism isn't as general as the :mod:`locale`