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Indian Comma Separator

Indian Comma Separator is part of Toolspire and is ready as soon as this page loads. Western grouping would make that number 1,234,567. Indian grouping makes it 12,34,567, which is 12 lakh 34 thousand 567. The decimal part is left alone.

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Not the Western comma

1,234,567 and 12,34,567 are the same integer with different groups. This page writes the second one.

Paise stay put

1234567.89 becomes 12,34,567.89. The dot and the fraction are not given their own commas.

Commas in, commas out

Pasting a number that already has commas does not double them. They are removed, then Indian groups are applied.

The sequence

How to use the Indian Comma Separator

  1. 1

    Paste the digits without a currency sign

    ₹ and Rs are not part of the number. The box wants digits, an optional minus, and an optional decimal.

  2. 2

    Check 1234567

    The sample should read 12,34,567. If it reads 1,234,567, you are looking at a Western formatter.

  3. 3

    Keep the fraction short yourself

    The page does not round paise. 10.259 stays 10.259, with grouping only on the rupee side.

Worth knowing

  • Indian Comma Separator on Toolspire: digits are grouped as 3, then 2, then 2. 1234567 becomes 12,34,567.
  • 12345678 becomes 1,23,45,678. That is 1 crore 23 lakh 45 thousand 678.
  • A number under 1,000 is unchanged. The decimal part, if any, is not grouped.
  • A leading minus is kept. Existing commas in the input are stripped before grouping, so you can paste 1,234,567 and get 12,34,567.

Where the first comma sits

Indian place value names a thousand, then a lakh (100,000), then a crore (10,000,000). The comma follows that speech: three digits for the thousands, then pairs for lakhs and crores. Western grouping puts a comma every three digits from the right, which splits a lakh into 100,000 and hides the word people are saying. This page only regroups. It does not convert a number into the words “lakh” and “crore”; the number-to-words tool does that.

FAQ

Questions about Indian Comma Separator

Where does Indian Comma Separator run?

Indian Comma Separator runs in this tab on Toolspire. What you type or drop in is not sent to us and is not stored on a server.

How should 1234567 be written in India?

12,34,567. That is twelve lakh, thirty-four thousand, five hundred and sixty-seven.

What about 12345678?

1,23,45,678. The first digit is the crore.

Does the decimal get commas?

No. Only the integer part is grouped. 1234567.89 becomes 12,34,567.89.

Can I paste a number that already has commas?

Yes. Commas are removed first, then Indian groups are applied. 1,234,567 becomes 12,34,567.

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