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RE: regexp for adding commas to a number

by KM (Priest)
on Aug 17, 2000 at 16:40 UTC ( [id://28334]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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in reply to regexp for adding commas to a number

sub commify {
    local($_) = shift;
    1 while s/^(-?\d+)(\d{3})/$1,$2/;
    return $_;
}

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Cheers,
KM

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