Miscellany

# Called like so ... lang_dict['1_month_payment']='1299'


# Change the one_month payment option...                                                                                                                 
lang_dict['1_month_payment'] = costCharge(lang_dict['1_month_payment'],2)

# Then just outputted to the template as 
{{ lang_dict.1_month_payment }}

# Get the cent (string) figure, adjust by decimal place and return   
# 1200 = 12.00                                                                                                                                               
def costCharge(amount,decimals):

      # Amount should be a string                                                                                                                            
      amount = str(amount)

      # get the length of the string                                                                                                                         
      amount_length=int(len(amount))

      # Length of the amount                                                                                                                                 
      fig_length =  amount_length - int(decimals)

      # Decimalize the currency value                                                                                                                        
      amount = '%s.%s' % (amount[0: fig_length], amount[-2:])

      return amount