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Much thanks to Don Cragun.. I just added locale variable to his last code and it is working fine..

export LC_NUMERIC=en_US

Tried with both the codes mentioned.. output is not having commas whereas I'm expecting to be as currency field..

first code:

Decimal Places=2
Input=345987
Output=345987.00
Decimal...

we have only ksh..

below is the work with hard coded value.. resulted good.. but can you use the below command into your code and try it.. because I'm not able to use your code with the below...

same issue.. used /usr/bin/printf instead of printf
+ + /usr/bin/printf %'.*f\n 2 345987
printf: bad conversion
printf: bad conversion
output_string=.*f
.*f
+ printf number_of_positions=%d\n 2...

Sorry!! edited my last reply bit late..

Here is the same information..

OS version - AIX version 6.1
Korn Shell version - Version M-11/16/88f

Thanks for prompt response..

copied same code into sample script and executed. below is the output i see.. i just pasted for one value..

+ + printf %'.*f\n 2 345987
printf: bad conversion...

This is my work related.. in development we have bash shell... below command is working fine.. but in prod environment we have korn shell and the same command is failing..

COL_VAL_2=`printf...

Conversion of string into currency value..

ex1:

number_of_positions=2
input_string=345987

Output= 345,987.00

ex2:

number_of_positions=4
input_string=1345987

Output=...