Currency formatting
def currency(value, group_sep=' ', decimal_sep='.'):
"""Format currency by digits.
>>> currency(100)
'100.00'
>>> currency(3.1415)
'3.14'
>>> currency(31415)
'31 415.00'
>>> currency(3141500.1)
'3 141 500.10'
>>> currency(31415000.1)
'31 415 000.10'
"""
head,tail = ('%.2f'%value).split('.')
l = len(head)
return group_sep.join([head[r-3:l+r] for r in xrange(0,-l,-3)][::-1]) + decimal_sep + tail
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