What is the purpose of the format function in MySQL?

FORMAT is a function in MySQL used for formatting numbers. It takes a number and formats it according to a specified format, then returns a string.

This function has two parameters: the first one is the number to be formatted, and the second one is an integer representing the number of decimal places.

For example, you can use the FORMAT function to format a number as a string with a thousand separator and two decimal places.

The result is “12,345.68” after selecting the format of 12345.6789 with 2 decimal places.

This function is very useful when dealing with financial data or other numbers that need to be formatted for display.