Data retrived with google-spreadsheet adds comma in cell data

Question

I am using Google spreadsheet service to retrieve data from Google spreadsheet.

I have column with price. I want to display price with comma e.g. 40550 is represented as 40,550.

On Google spreadsheet, when I check cell value, it doesn't have comma in it, it just display comma on UI.

But when I download spreadsheet with API, Cell data has comma in it.

Is it issue with Google spreadsheet API or it's how actually data is stored on Google spreadsheet?

Answer 1

For now I created workaround. I also put type of value in column. So for integer type, I just strip comma.

But it would be nice to know if actual data stored on google is different than what is presented on spreadsheet UI.

Answer 2

You can use '{:,}'.format(40550). This will return '40,550'