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number_with_delimiter

v1.2.1 - Show latest stable - 1 note - Class: ActionView::Helpers::NumberHelper

number_with_delimiter(number, delimiter=",", separator=".") public

Formats a number with grouped thousands using delimiter. You can customize the format in the options hash.

:delimiter - Sets the thousands delimiter, defaults to ","
:separator - Sets the separator between the units, defaults to "."

 number_with_delimiter(12345678)      => 12,345,678
 number_with_delimiter(12345678.05)   => 12,345,678.05
 number_with_delimiter(12345678, :delimiter => ".")   => 12.345.678

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# File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb, line 104
      def number_with_delimiter(number, delimiter=",", separator=".")
        begin
          parts = number.to_s.split(separator)
          parts[0].gsub!(/(\d)(?=(\d\d\d)+(?!\d))/, "\\1#{delimiter}")
          parts.join separator
        rescue
          number
        end
      end

October 25, 2008

2 thanks

Alternative: use 1000.humanize

  1.humanize == “1″
  1000000.humanize == “1.000.000″
  1000.12345.humanize == “1.000,12″

http://pragmatig.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/numbers-for-humans-humanize-for-numeric/

number_with_delimiter

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Alternative: use 1000.humanize