How to format a number 1000 as “1 000”

Question

I need a way to format numbers. I stored some numbers in my DB table, e.g. 12500, and would like to print them in this format 12 500 (so there is a

Answer 1

I just stumbled on this thread while looking for a way to format a value as US currency. I took a slightly different approach to the regex solutions proposed:

amt = 1234567890.12
f_amt = format("$%.2f",amt)
i = f_amt.index(".")
while i > 4
  f_amt[i-3]=","+f_amt[i-3]
  i = f_amt.index(",")
end

f_amt
=> "$1,234,567,890.12"

This could be parameterized for formatting other currencies.