Convert number to human-readable string based on locale. Additional kwargs passed to locale.format().

Python.ConvertNumberToHumanReadableString.py

import locale

def convert_number_to_human_readable_string(data, fmt=None, grouping=True, **kwargs):
    """Convert number to human-readable string based on locale. Additional kwargs passed to locale.format().

    :param data: Some kind of number.
    :type data: int, float, long
    :param fmt: (optional) Number format. (default: None)
    :param grouping: (optional) Take grouping into account. (default: True)
    :type grouping: bool
    :return: Human-readable string.
    :rtype: basestring, str, unicode
    """
    if fmt is not None:
        return locale.format(fmt, data, grouping=grouping, **kwargs)

    if isinstance(data, (int, long)):
        return locale.format('%d', data, grouping=grouping, **kwargs)

    if isinstance(data, float):
        return locale.format('%f', data, grouping=grouping, **kwargs)

    return data