pycents 1.3.1

pycents is a strongly typed Python library for representing and manipulating monetary values with ISO 4217 and custom currencies, explicit rounding semantics and rich formatting options.

• ISO 4217 & custom currencies: built-in support for ISO 4217 currencies with standardized codes and minor-unit definitions. Custom currencies such as cryptocurrencies can be registered at runtime. Some popular cryptocurrencies are pre-registered and ready to use.

• Money uses integer minor units for exact monetary representation.

• Explicit rounding — PyCents use a dual-type architecture for exact and high-precision operations:

• Money The core immutable type that stores exact monetary values as integer minor units (e.g., cents).

• UnroundedMoney: A high-precision type designed for complex intermediate calculations without premature rounding.

• Seamless Integration: Both types work together fluidly in arithmetic. Calling .round() on an UnroundedMoney instance explicitly converts it back into standard Money.

Features

• 100% Test Coverage & Property-Based Testing: Fully covered and rigorously verified using Hypothesis to guarantee mathematical invariants.
• ISO 4217 currency definitions
• Custom currency support with runtime registration
• Pre-registered popular cryptocurrencies
• Immutable Money type
• Precise decimal arithmetic
• Explicit rounding semantics.
• Locale-aware currency formatting
• Pluggable formatting backends
• Custom format specification
• Flexible currency conversion with manual rates and exchange-rate providers

Example

from decimal import Decimal

from pycents import Money, UnroundedMoney, formatting, allocation as alloc

# Use a locale-aware formatting backend
formatting.use_backend("babel")  # Other options are: 'std'(default) and 'icu'

rent = Money.from_major(121_555, "USD")
# the '.2c' format field is for displaying in compact notation
# while retaining 2 decimals
print(f"{rent:.2c}")  # Output: $121.56K

# Apply an 8.875% municipal property tax
tax_rate = Decimal("0.08875")

# `tax` is not a Money instance!
tax = rent * tax_rate
assert isinstance(tax, UnroundedMoney)

# At the end the arithmetic pipeling, call round to get a `Money` instance
total = (rent + tax).round()

# allocate the rent among three clients according to a given ratios
shares = alloc.allocate(total, [1000, 2000, 3000])
result = ", ".join(f"{share:.2c}" for share in shares)
print("Allocated Shares:", f"[{result}]")
# Output: Allocated Shares: [$22.06K, $44.11K, $66.17K]

Documentation

Documentation and API reference are available at pycents.readthedocs.io.

ChangeLog

See the full ChangeLog.

License

pycents is distributed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.