["python","formatting","currency"]
Currency formatting in Python

I am looking to format a number like 188518982.18 to £188,518,982.18 using Python. How can I do this?
See the locale module. This does currency (and date) formatting. >>> import locale >>> locale.setlocale( locale.LC_ALL, '' ) 'English_United States.1252' >>> locale.currency( 188518982.18 ) '$188518982.18' >>> locale.currency( 188518982.18, grouping=True ) '$188,518,982.18'