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Old 05-19-2015
Korn Shell manipulating the string into dynamic currency number

Conversion of string into currency value..

ex1:

Code:
number_of_positions=2
input_string=345987

Output= 345,987.00

ex2:

Code:
number_of_positions=4
input_string=1345987

Output= 1,345,987.0000

Please respond as soon as possible

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment edit by bakunin: we will gladly respond as soon as you start learning how to use CODE-tags. The notification to use them when you started the thread was not only meant for others - it was meant for you too. Thank you.

Last edited by bakunin; 05-19-2015 at 06:16 AM..
 

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