{
  "name": "format_number",
  "type": "function",
  "groups": ["String"],
  "description": "Returns a number formatted with the locale separator for thousands. By default the current QGIS user locale is used. Also truncates the decimal places to the number of supplied places.",
  "arguments": [{
    "arg": "number",
    "description": "number to be formatted"
  }, {
    "arg": "places",
    "optional": true,
    "default": "0",
    "description": "integer representing the number of decimal places to truncate the string to."
  }, {
    "arg": "language",
    "optional": true,
    "description": "language (lowercase, two- or three-letter, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes'>ISO 639 language code</a>) used to format the number into a string. By default the current QGIS user locale is used."
  }],
  "examples": [{
    "expression": "format_number(10000000.332,2)",
    "returns": "'10,000,000.33' if e.g. the current locale is an English variant"
  }, {
    "expression": "format_number(10000000.332,2,'fr')",
    "returns": "'10 000 000,33'"
  }],
  "tags": ["formatted", "truncates", "places", "separator", "decimal", "default", "thousands", "locale", "language"]
}