;doc: Amount formatting, parseability: improve example

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Simon Michael 2023-11-26 08:41:20 -10:00
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@ -4398,35 +4398,36 @@ to disambiguate them and allow them to be re-parsed reliably
Eg:
```journal
commodity A 1,000.00
commodity $1,000.00
2023-01-02
(a) A 1000
(a) $1000
```
```cli
$ hledger print
2023-01-02
(a) A 1,000.
(a) $1,000.
```
If this is a problem (eg when [exporting to Ledger](/ledger.md#hledger-to-ledger)),
you can avoid it by disabling digit group marks, eg with
[-c/--commodity](#commodity-styles):
you can avoid it by disabling digit group marks, eg with [-c/--commodity](#commodity-styles)
(for each affected commodity):
```cli
$ hledger print -c 'A 1000.00'
$ hledger print -c '$1000.00'
2023-01-02
(a) A 1000
(a) $1000
```
or by forcing print to show decimal digits in all amounts, eg with
[--round](#print-amount-style):
or by forcing print to always show decimal digits, with [--round](#print-amount-style):
```cli
$ hledger print --round=soft
$ hledger print -c '$1,000.00' --round=soft
2023-01-02
(a) A 1,000.00
(a) $1,000.00
```