How to Group Thousands in LaTeX

[ronaldor9]

How can I tell LaTex to group by thousands such as a large number like this: 1 000 000 000 instead of 1000000000

Thanks

 

[CompuChip]

I don't think you can tell it that, because as far as LaTeX is concerned there is nothing special about numbers. You can do it manually, just type $1\,000\,000\,000$ or $1\;000\;000\;000$ or $1\:000\:000\:000$, depending on your preference. Or use scientific notation ($10^9$), of course

Examples:

• $1\,000\,000\,000$
  $1\,000\,000\,000$
• $1\;000\;000\;000$
  $1\;000\;000\;000$
• $1\:000\:000\:000$
  $1\:000\:000\:000$
• $10^9$
  $10^9$

 

[ronaldor9]

Thanks, yea I was hoping there was a simpler way. Thanks though!

 

[Fenn]

This can be accomplished by using the numprint package. Check out http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/numprint/ for details.