How to customize number format in freemarker?

Question

I am using freemarker and trying to display numbers in this format: $3,343,434.00 for example. This was easily taken care of by using ${total?string.curre

Answer 1

How about taking a mod of your number, convert it to the required string format and finally add a '-' prefix to the final string. You can retain the default format in just two steps.