How to fmt.Printf an integer with thousands comma

Question

Does Go\'s fmt.Printf support outputting a number with the thousands comma?

fmt.Printf(\"%d\", 1000) outputs 1000, what format

Answer 1

import ("fmt"; "strings")

func commas(s string) string {
    if len(s) <= 3 {
        return s
    } else {
        return commas(s[0:len(s)-3]) + "," + s[len(s)-3:]
    }
}

func toString(f float64) string {
    parts := strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", f), ".")
    if parts[0][0] == '-' {
        return "-" + commas(parts[0][1:]) + "." + parts[1]
    }
    return commas(parts[0]) + "." + parts[1]
}