function format_number(anynum,decimal){
	/*
	if (isNaN(pnumber)) { return 0};
	if (pnumber=='') { return 0};
	
	var snum = new String(pnumber);
	var sec = snum.split('.');
	var whole = parseFloat(sec[0]);
	var result = '';
	
	if(sec.length > 1){
		var dec = new String(sec[1]);
		dec = String(parseFloat(sec[1])/Math.pow(10,(dec.length - decimals)));
		dec = String(whole + Math.round(parseFloat(dec))/Math.pow(10,decimals));
		var dot = dec.indexOf('.');
		if(dot == -1){
			dec += '.'; 
			dot = dec.indexOf('.');
		}
		while(dec.length <= dot + decimals) { dec += '0'; }
		result = dec;
	} else{
		var dot;
		var dec = new String(whole);
		dec += '.';
		dot = dec.indexOf('.');		
		while(dec.length <= dot + decimals) { dec += '0'; }
		result = dec;
	}	
	return result;

*/divider =10;
	   switch(decimal){
			case 0:
				divider =1;
				break;
			case 1:
				divider =10;
				break;
			case 2:
				divider =100;
				break;
			default:  	 //for 3 decimal places
				divider =1000;
		}

	   workNum=Math.abs((Math.round(anynum*divider)/divider));

	   workStr=""+workNum

	   if (workStr.indexOf(".")==-1){workStr+="."}

	   dStr=workStr.substr(0,workStr.indexOf("."));dNum=dStr-0
	   pStr=workStr.substr(workStr.indexOf("."))

	   while (pStr.length-1< decimal){pStr+="0"}

	   if(pStr =='.') pStr ='';

	   //--- Adds a comma in the thousands place.    
	   if (dNum>=1000) {
		  dLen=dStr.length
		  dStr=parseInt(""+(dNum/1000))+","+dStr.substring(dLen-3,dLen)
	   }

	   //-- Adds a comma in the millions place.
	   if (dNum>=1000000) {
		  dLen=dStr.length
		  dStr=parseInt(""+(dNum/1000000))+","+dStr.substring(dLen-7,dLen)
	   }
	   retval = dStr + pStr
	   //-- Put numbers in parentheses if negative.
	   if (anynum<0) {retval="("+retval+")";}

	  
	//You could include a dollar sign in the return value.
	  //retval =  "$"+retval
	  
	return  retval;



}