Number Format:How to format say 123456789 in the format 12,34,56,789

How to format say 123456789 in the format 12,34,56,789. This particular number format is being used in India. (grouping of 2 digits rather than 3 excluding the last 3 digits)

What version of Excel.
In Excel XP see function BhatText as in Thai Bhat currency. =BAHTTEXT(A37)

If you just have positive numbers you can use as custom format like:

[>=10000000]##\,##\,##\,##0.00; [>=100000]##\,##\,##0.00;##,##0.00

see http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel...a.htm#bhattext

Negative and Positive Numbers can be handled with a subroutine or event macro by Norman Harker.
http://google.com/groups?threadm=e0n...TNGP11.phx.gbl
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