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.SS Amounts
.PP
After the account name, there is usually an amount.
Important: between account name and amount, there must be \f[B]two or
more spaces\f[R].
(Important: between account name and amount, there must be \f[B]two or
more spaces\f[R].)
.PP
Amounts consist of a number and (usually) a currency symbol or commodity
name.
Some examples:
hledger\[aq]s amount format is flexible, supporting several
international formats.
Here are some examples.
Amounts have a number (the \[dq]quantity\[dq]):
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
1
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
\f[C]2.00001\f[R]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]$1\f[R]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]4000 AAPL\f[R]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]3 \[dq]green apples\[dq]\f[R]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]-$1,000,000.00\f[R]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]INR 9,99,99,999.00\f[R]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]EUR -2.000.000,00\f[R]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]1 999 999.9455\f[R]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]EUR 1E3\f[R]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]1000E-6s\f[R]
\&..and usually a currency or commodity name (the \[dq]commodity\[dq]).
This is a symbol, word, or phrase, to the left or right of the quantity,
with or without a separating space:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
$1
4000 AAPL
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
As you can see, the amount format is somewhat flexible:
.IP \[bu] 2
amounts are a number (the \[dq]quantity\[dq]) and optionally a currency
symbol/commodity name (the \[dq]commodity\[dq]).
.IP \[bu] 2
the commodity is a symbol, word, or phrase, on the left or right, with
or without a separating space.
If the commodity contains numbers, spaces or non-word punctuation it
must be enclosed in double quotes.
.IP \[bu] 2
negative amounts with a commodity on the left can have the minus sign
before or after it
.IP \[bu] 2
digit groups (thousands, or any other grouping) can be separated by
space or comma or period and should be used as separator between all
groups
.IP \[bu] 2
decimal part can be separated by comma or period and should be different
from digit groups separator
.IP \[bu] 2
scientific E-notation is allowed.
Be careful not to use a digit group separator character in scientific
notation, as it\[aq]s not supported and it might get mistaken for a
decimal point.
(Declaring the digit group separator character explicitly with a
commodity directive will prevent this.)
If the commodity name contains spaces, numbers, or punctuation, it must
be enclosed in double quotes:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
3 \[dq]no. 42 green apples\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
You can use any of these variations when recording data.
However, there is some ambiguous way of representing numbers like
\f[C]$1.000\f[R] and \f[C]$1,000\f[R] both may mean either one thousand
or one dollar.
By default hledger will assume that this is sole delimiter is used only
for decimals.
On the other hand commodity format declared prior to that line will help
to resolve that ambiguity differently:
Amounts can be negative.
The minus sign can be written before or after a left-side commodity
symbol:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
-$1
$-1
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
Scientific E notation is allowed:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
1E-6
EUR 1E3
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
A decimal mark (decimal point) can be written with a period or a comma:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
1.23
1,23456780000009
\f[R]
.fi
.SS Digit group marks
.PP
In the integer part of the quantity (left of the decimal mark), groups
of digits can optionally be separated by a \[dq]digit group mark\[dq] -
a space, comma, or period (different from the decimal mark):
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
$1,000,000.00
EUR 2.000.000,00
INR 9,99,99,999.00
1 000 000.9455
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
Note, a number containing a single group mark and no decimal mark is
ambiguous.
Are these group marks or decimal marks ?
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
1,000
1.000
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
hledger will treat them both as decimal marks by default (cf #793).
If you use digit group marks, to prevent confusion and undetected typos
we recommend you write commodity directives at the top of the file to
explicitly declare the decimal mark (and optionally a digit group mark).
Note, these formats (\[dq]amount styles\[dq]) are specific to each
commodity, so if your data uses multiple formats, hledger can handle it:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
commodity $1,000.00
2017/12/25 New life of Scrooge
expenses:gifts $1,000
assets
commodity EUR 1.000,00
commodity INR 9,99,99,999.00
;commodity \[dq]\[dq] 1 000 000.9455 ; can\[aq]t declare a format for the null commodity yet
\f[R]
.fi
.SS Amount display format
.PP
Though journal may contain mixed styles to represent amount, when
hledger displays amounts, it will choose a consistent format for each
commodity.
(Except for price amounts, which are always formatted as written).
For each commodity, hledger chooses a consistent format to use when
displaying amounts.
(Except price amounts, which are always displayed as written).
The display format is chosen as follows:
.IP \[bu] 2
if there is a commodity directive specifying the format, that is used
If there is a commodity directive for the commodity, that format is used
(see examples above).
.IP \[bu] 2
otherwise the format is inferred from the first posting amount in that
commodity in the journal, and the precision (number of decimal places)
will be the maximum from all posting amounts in that commmodity
Otherwise the format of the first posting amount in that commodity seen
in the journal is used.
But the number of decimal places (\[dq]precision\[dq]) will be the
maximum from all posting amounts in that commmodity.
.IP \[bu] 2
or if there are no such amounts in the journal, a default format is used
Or if there are no such amounts in the journal, a default format is used
(like \f[C]$1000.00\f[R]).
.PP
Price amounts and amounts in \f[C]D\f[R] directives usually don\[aq]t
affect amount format inference, but in some situations they can do so
Price amounts, and amounts in \f[C]D\f[R] directives don\[aq]t affect
the amount display format directly, but occasionally they can do so
indirectly.
(Eg when D\[aq]s default commodity is applied to a commodity-less
amount, or when an amountless posting is balanced using a price\[aq]s
commodity, or when -V is used.) If you find this causing problems, set
the desired format with a commodity directive.
commodity, or when -V is used.) If you find this causing problems, use a
commodity directive to set the display format.
.SS Virtual Postings
.PP
When you parenthesise the account name in a posting, we call that a

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1.7 Amounts
===========
After the account name, there is usually an amount. Important: between
account name and amount, there must be *two or more spaces*.
After the account name, there is usually an amount. (Important: between
account name and amount, there must be *two or more spaces*.)
Amounts consist of a number and (usually) a currency symbol or
commodity name. Some examples:
hledger's amount format is flexible, supporting several international
formats. Here are some examples. Amounts have a number (the
"quantity"):
'2.00001'
'$1'
'4000 AAPL'
'3 "green apples"'
'-$1,000,000.00'
'INR 9,99,99,999.00'
'EUR -2.000.000,00'
'1 999 999.9455'
'EUR 1E3'
'1000E-6s'
1
As you can see, the amount format is somewhat flexible:
..and usually a currency or commodity name (the "commodity"). This
is a symbol, word, or phrase, to the left or right of the quantity, with
or without a separating space:
* amounts are a number (the "quantity") and optionally a currency
symbol/commodity name (the "commodity").
* the commodity is a symbol, word, or phrase, on the left or right,
with or without a separating space. If the commodity contains
numbers, spaces or non-word punctuation it must be enclosed in
double quotes.
* negative amounts with a commodity on the left can have the minus
sign before or after it
* digit groups (thousands, or any other grouping) can be separated by
space or comma or period and should be used as separator between
all groups
* decimal part can be separated by comma or period and should be
different from digit groups separator
* scientific E-notation is allowed. Be careful not to use a digit
group separator character in scientific notation, as it's not
supported and it might get mistaken for a decimal point.
(Declaring the digit group separator character explicitly with a
commodity directive will prevent this.)
$1
4000 AAPL
You can use any of these variations when recording data. However,
there is some ambiguous way of representing numbers like '$1.000' and
'$1,000' both may mean either one thousand or one dollar. By default
hledger will assume that this is sole delimiter is used only for
decimals. On the other hand commodity format declared prior to that
line will help to resolve that ambiguity differently:
If the commodity name contains spaces, numbers, or punctuation, it
must be enclosed in double quotes:
3 "no. 42 green apples"
Amounts can be negative. The minus sign can be written before or
after a left-side commodity symbol:
-$1
$-1
Scientific E notation is allowed:
1E-6
EUR 1E3
A decimal mark (decimal point) can be written with a period or a
comma:
1.23
1,23456780000009
* Menu:
* Digit group marks::
* Amount display format::

File: hledger_journal.info, Node: Digit group marks, Next: Amount display format, Up: Amounts
1.7.1 Digit group marks
-----------------------
In the integer part of the quantity (left of the decimal mark), groups
of digits can optionally be separated by a "digit group mark" - a space,
comma, or period (different from the decimal mark):
$1,000,000.00
EUR 2.000.000,00
INR 9,99,99,999.00
1 000 000.9455
Note, a number containing a single group mark and no decimal mark is
ambiguous. Are these group marks or decimal marks ?
1,000
1.000
hledger will treat them both as decimal marks by default (cf #793).
If you use digit group marks, to prevent confusion and undetected typos
we recommend you write commodity directives at the top of the file to
explicitly declare the decimal mark (and optionally a digit group mark).
Note, these formats ("amount styles") are specific to each commodity, so
if your data uses multiple formats, hledger can handle it:
commodity $1,000.00
commodity EUR 1.000,00
commodity INR 9,99,99,999.00
;commodity "" 1 000 000.9455 ; can't declare a format for the null commodity yet
2017/12/25 New life of Scrooge
expenses:gifts $1,000
assets

File: hledger_journal.info, Node: Amount display format, Prev: Digit group marks, Up: Amounts
Though journal may contain mixed styles to represent amount, when
hledger displays amounts, it will choose a consistent format for each
commodity. (Except for price amounts, which are always formatted as
written). The display format is chosen as follows:
1.7.2 Amount display format
---------------------------
* if there is a commodity directive specifying the format, that is
used
* otherwise the format is inferred from the first posting amount in
that commodity in the journal, and the precision (number of decimal
places) will be the maximum from all posting amounts in that
commmodity
* or if there are no such amounts in the journal, a default format is
For each commodity, hledger chooses a consistent format to use when
displaying amounts. (Except price amounts, which are always displayed
as written). The display format is chosen as follows:
* If there is a commodity directive for the commodity, that format is
used (see examples above).
* Otherwise the format of the first posting amount in that commodity
seen in the journal is used. But the number of decimal places
("precision") will be the maximum from all posting amounts in that
commmodity.
* Or if there are no such amounts in the journal, a default format is
used (like '$1000.00').
Price amounts and amounts in 'D' directives usually don't affect
amount format inference, but in some situations they can do so
indirectly. (Eg when D's default commodity is applied to a
commodity-less amount, or when an amountless posting is balanced using a
price's commodity, or when -V is used.) If you find this causing
problems, set the desired format with a commodity directive.
Price amounts, and amounts in 'D' directives don't affect the amount
display format directly, but occasionally they can do so indirectly.
(Eg when D's default commodity is applied to a commodity-less amount, or
when an amountless posting is balanced using a price's commodity, or
when -V is used.) If you find this causing problems, use a commodity
directive to set the display format.

File: hledger_journal.info, Node: Virtual Postings, Next: Balance Assertions, Prev: Amounts, Up: FILE FORMAT
@ -1733,91 +1765,95 @@ Node: Account names11337
Ref: #account-names11480
Node: Amounts11967
Ref: #amounts12103
Node: Virtual Postings15120
Ref: #virtual-postings15279
Node: Balance Assertions16499
Ref: #balance-assertions16674
Node: Assertions and ordering17633
Ref: #assertions-and-ordering17819
Node: Assertions and included files18519
Ref: #assertions-and-included-files18760
Node: Assertions and multiple -f options19093
Ref: #assertions-and-multiple--f-options19347
Node: Assertions and commodities19479
Ref: #assertions-and-commodities19709
Node: Assertions and prices20865
Ref: #assertions-and-prices21077
Node: Assertions and subaccounts21517
Ref: #assertions-and-subaccounts21744
Node: Assertions and virtual postings22068
Ref: #assertions-and-virtual-postings22308
Node: Assertions and precision22450
Ref: #assertions-and-precision22641
Node: Balance Assignments22908
Ref: #balance-assignments23089
Node: Balance assignments and prices24254
Ref: #balance-assignments-and-prices24426
Node: Transaction prices24650
Ref: #transaction-prices24819
Node: Comments27085
Ref: #comments27219
Node: Tags28389
Ref: #tags28507
Node: Directives29900
Ref: #directives30043
Node: Comment blocks35651
Ref: #comment-blocks35796
Node: Including other files35972
Ref: #including-other-files36152
Node: Default year36560
Ref: #default-year36729
Node: Declaring commodities37136
Ref: #declaring-commodities37319
Node: Default commodity38748
Ref: #default-commodity38924
Node: Market prices39558
Ref: #market-prices39723
Node: Declaring accounts40564
Ref: #declaring-accounts40740
Node: Account comments41665
Ref: #account-comments41828
Node: Account subdirectives42223
Ref: #account-subdirectives42418
Node: Account types42731
Ref: #account-types42915
Node: Account display order44557
Ref: #account-display-order44727
Node: Rewriting accounts45856
Ref: #rewriting-accounts46041
Node: Basic aliases46777
Ref: #basic-aliases46923
Node: Regex aliases47627
Ref: #regex-aliases47799
Node: Combining aliases48517
Ref: #combining-aliases48695
Node: end aliases49971
Ref: #end-aliases50119
Node: Default parent account50220
Ref: #default-parent-account50386
Node: Periodic transactions51270
Ref: #periodic-transactions51468
Node: Periodic rule syntax53340
Ref: #periodic-rule-syntax53546
Node: Two spaces between period expression and description!54250
Ref: #two-spaces-between-period-expression-and-description54569
Node: Forecasting with periodic transactions55253
Ref: #forecasting-with-periodic-transactions55558
Node: Budgeting with periodic transactions57584
Ref: #budgeting-with-periodic-transactions57823
Node: Auto postings / transaction modifiers58272
Ref: #auto-postings-transaction-modifiers58483
Node: Auto postings and dates60712
Ref: #auto-postings-and-dates60969
Node: Auto postings and transaction balancing / inferred amounts / balance assertions61144
Ref: #auto-postings-and-transaction-balancing-inferred-amounts-balance-assertions61519
Node: Auto posting tags61897
Ref: #auto-posting-tags62136
Node: EDITOR SUPPORT62801
Ref: #editor-support62919
Node: Digit group marks13036
Ref: #digit-group-marks13185
Node: Amount display format14174
Ref: #amount-display-format14331
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Ref: #virtual-postings15515
Node: Balance Assertions16735
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Node: Assertions and included files18755
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End Tag Table

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@ -246,83 +246,93 @@ FILE FORMAT
Account names can be aliased.
Amounts
After the account name, there is usually an amount. Important: between
account name and amount, there must be two or more spaces.
After the account name, there is usually an amount. (Important: be-
tween account name and amount, there must be two or more spaces.)
Amounts consist of a number and (usually) a currency symbol or commod-
ity name. Some examples:
hledger's amount format is flexible, supporting several international
formats. Here are some examples. Amounts have a number (the "quan-
tity"):
2.00001
$1
4000 AAPL
3 "green apples"
-$1,000,000.00
INR 9,99,99,999.00
EUR -2.000.000,00
1 999 999.9455
EUR 1E3
1000E-6s
1
As you can see, the amount format is somewhat flexible:
..and usually a currency or commodity name (the "commodity"). This is
a symbol, word, or phrase, to the left or right of the quantity, with
or without a separating space:
o amounts are a number (the "quantity") and optionally a currency sym-
bol/commodity name (the "commodity").
$1
4000 AAPL
o the commodity is a symbol, word, or phrase, on the left or right,
with or without a separating space. If the commodity contains num-
bers, spaces or non-word punctuation it must be enclosed in double
quotes.
If the commodity name contains spaces, numbers, or punctuation, it must
be enclosed in double quotes:
o negative amounts with a commodity on the left can have the minus sign
before or after it
3 "no. 42 green apples"
o digit groups (thousands, or any other grouping) can be separated by
space or comma or period and should be used as separator between all
groups
Amounts can be negative. The minus sign can be written before or after
a left-side commodity symbol:
o decimal part can be separated by comma or period and should be dif-
ferent from digit groups separator
-$1
$-1
o scientific E-notation is allowed. Be careful not to use a digit
group separator character in scientific notation, as it's not sup-
ported and it might get mistaken for a decimal point. (Declaring the
digit group separator character explicitly with a commodity directive
will prevent this.)
Scientific E notation is allowed:
You can use any of these variations when recording data. However,
there is some ambiguous way of representing numbers like $1.000 and
$1,000 both may mean either one thousand or one dollar. By default
hledger will assume that this is sole delimiter is used only for deci-
mals. On the other hand commodity format declared prior to that line
will help to resolve that ambiguity differently:
1E-6
EUR 1E3
A decimal mark (decimal point) can be written with a period or a comma:
1.23
1,23456780000009
Digit group marks
In the integer part of the quantity (left of the decimal mark), groups
of digits can optionally be separated by a "digit group mark" - a
space, comma, or period (different from the decimal mark):
$1,000,000.00
EUR 2.000.000,00
INR 9,99,99,999.00
1 000 000.9455
Note, a number containing a single group mark and no decimal mark is
ambiguous. Are these group marks or decimal marks ?
1,000
1.000
hledger will treat them both as decimal marks by default (cf #793). If
you use digit group marks, to prevent confusion and undetected typos we
recommend you write commodity directives at the top of the file to ex-
plicitly declare the decimal mark (and optionally a digit group mark).
Note, these formats ("amount styles") are specific to each commodity,
so if your data uses multiple formats, hledger can handle it:
commodity $1,000.00
commodity EUR 1.000,00
commodity INR 9,99,99,999.00
;commodity "" 1 000 000.9455 ; can't declare a format for the null commodity yet
2017/12/25 New life of Scrooge
expenses:gifts $1,000
assets
Amount display format
For each commodity, hledger chooses a consistent format to use when
displaying amounts. (Except price amounts, which are always displayed
as written). The display format is chosen as follows:
Though journal may contain mixed styles to represent amount, when
hledger displays amounts, it will choose a consistent format for each
commodity. (Except for price amounts, which are always formatted as
written). The display format is chosen as follows:
o If there is a commodity directive for the commodity, that format is
used (see examples above).
o if there is a commodity directive specifying the format, that is used
o Otherwise the format of the first posting amount in that commodity
seen in the journal is used. But the number of decimal places ("pre-
cision") will be the maximum from all posting amounts in that comm-
modity.
o otherwise the format is inferred from the first posting amount in
that commodity in the journal, and the precision (number of decimal
places) will be the maximum from all posting amounts in that commmod-
ity
o or if there are no such amounts in the journal, a default format is
o Or if there are no such amounts in the journal, a default format is
used (like $1000.00).
Price amounts and amounts in D directives usually don't affect amount
format inference, but in some situations they can do so indirectly.
(Eg when D's default commodity is applied to a commodity-less amount,
or when an amountless posting is balanced using a price's commodity, or
when -V is used.) If you find this causing problems, set the desired
format with a commodity directive.
Price amounts, and amounts in D directives don't affect the amount dis-
play format directly, but occasionally they can do so indirectly. (Eg
when D's default commodity is applied to a commodity-less amount, or
when an amountless posting is balanced using a price's commodity, or
when -V is used.) If you find this causing problems, use a commodity
directive to set the display format.
Virtual Postings
When you parenthesise the account name in a posting, we call that a
@ -667,11 +677,6 @@ FILE FORMAT
account any document account names, de- all entries in all
text clare account types & dis- files, before or
play order after
alias end rewrite account names following in-
aliases line/included en-
tries until end of
@ -727,6 +732,8 @@ FILE FORMAT
file.)
display how to display amounts of a commodity in reports (symbol side
style and spacing, digit groups, decimal separator, decimal places)
directive which entries and (when there are multiple files) which files
scope are affected by a directive