Python 2 Docs: [https://docs.python.org/2/library/locale.html#locale.currency][1]
import locale locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '') Out[2]: 'English_United States.1252' locale.currency(762559748.49) Out[3]: '$762559748.49' locale.currency(762559748.49, grouping=True) Out[4]: '$762,559,748.49'