How to add a thousands comma separator to int and float types

Integer Types

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big_integer = 1234325231

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type(big_integer)

Out[2]:

int

In [3]:

'{0:,d}'.format(big_integer)

Out[3]:

'1,234,325,231'

Float Types

In [4]:

big_float = 1234325231.00

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type(big_float)

Out[5]:

float

In [7]:

'{0:,f}'.format(big_float)

Out[7]:

'1,234,325,231.000000'

In [8]:

'{0:,.2f}'.format(big_float) # .2 means round two decimals

Out[8]:

'1,234,325,231.00'

In [9]:

'{0:,.0f}'.format(big_float)# .0 means round to zero decimals

Out[9]:

'1,234,325,231'