Module:Format price

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Format price/doc

local p = {}
local names = {
    "million", "billion", "trillion", "quadrillion",
    "quintillion", "sextillion", "septillion", "octillion"
}

-- two_decimals: boolean, whether to forbid a 1 d.p. result, so 2 becomes "2",
--				 2.1 "2.10", and 2.123 "2.123"
function p.decimal(val, length, two_decimals)
	local precision = math.max(0, math.ceil(length - 1 - math.log10(val)))
	if two_decimals and precision == 1 then precision = 2 end
	local result = ("%%.%uf"):format(precision):format(val)
	if two_decimals then
		result = result:gsub('%.0*$', ''):gsub('(%.[0-9][0-9][0-9]-)0+$', '%1')
	else
		result = result:gsub('%.?0*$', '')
	end
	
	result = mw.text.split(result, '%.')
	result[1] = result[1]:reverse():gsub('[0-9][0-9][0-9]', '%0,'):reverse():gsub('^,','')
	return table.concat(result, '.')
end

function p.format(val, precision)
    local scale = math.floor(math.log10(val) / 3) - 1
    if scale > 0 then
        scale = math.min(scale, #names)
        val = val / math.pow(10, 3 * (1 + scale))
        return p.decimal(val, 3) .. '\194\160' .. names[scale]
    end

    if precision <= 0 then
        val = math.floor(val / math.pow(10, -precision) + 0.5)
        val = val * math.pow(10, -precision)
    end
    
    return p.decimal(val, precision + 1, true)
end

p[''] = function(frame)
	local val = tonumber(frame.args[1])
    if not val or val < 0 then
        error('[[Module:Format price|Format price]] error: cannot parse value "' .. (frame.args[1] or '') .. '"')
    end
    return p.format(val, tonumber(frame.args[2]) or 2)
end

return p