Re: Formatting a str as a number - Okay, one more related thing...

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

Looks like this "replace" deal is the go-to move, no two ways
about it. If there's some neck of the woods where it's SOP, you
might wanna roll with "locale.format_string". (Whipping up a custom
locale just for kicks is usually more trouble than it's worth.)

  The German DIN 5008 (their fancy-schmancy rules for writing
  and formatting) now says you got to use /spaces/ to separate
  thousands, and only recommends using periods for cold hard cash.

  If you just chill for a hot minute, Python's German locale will
  catch up, and you'll be golden.