Module:NumberFormatter
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local p = {} ---Formats a number by adding thousand separators. ---Example: 20000 -> 20,000 function p.formatNumber(frame) local num = tonumber(frame.args[1]) -- Make sure we're working with a number. if not num then return "Error: '" .. frame.args[1] .. "' is not a number." end -- If the number is negative, then we need to add a negative sign to the -- formatted number. if num < 0 then return "-" .. addCommas(-num) end -- If the number is positive, then we can just format it. return addCommas(num) end ---Adds thousand separators to a number. function addCommas(number) local formatted = tostring(number) while true do formatted, k = string.gsub(formatted, "^(-?%d+)(%d%d%d)", '%1,%2') if k == 0 then break end end return formatted end return p