HI
Is there a way i can add commas to a number like so:
num= 1234567
then becomes
num = 1,234,567
I would like to make this call in my helper i.e module
thanks
+5
A:
jpemberthy
2010-07-21 16:52:57
i had the notion that this only worked in the views?
Mo
2010-07-21 16:54:48
Yes, But you could include the module, or, if you don't want(like) to include views helpers outside, here's the code for the `number_with_delimeter` method http://gist.github.com/484764
jpemberthy
2010-07-21 16:58:38
Why would you ever want to do this outside of a view? It's purely visual, and provides no extra information about the value itself.
jdl
2010-07-21 17:02:14
@jdl, I would use this helper outside the views in following situations: logging, tracing, flash messages etc. etc.
KandadaBoggu
2010-07-21 18:18:17
+1 for cribbing the code for number_with_delimiter so that you don't have to include all of the view helpers.
sosborn
2010-07-22 00:24:12
@KandadaBoggu Ah, gotcha. I would call all of those "views" but I can see that in the context of a Rails app you'd still need to require explicit access to the helper outside of the official "view".
jdl
2010-07-22 16:08:29