# lucre
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An ergonomic Rust library for handling money.
Represent money in your applications without fussing over generics or
lifetimes, while still being safe and fast. [ISO 4217] currency definitions are
built in.
[ISO 4217]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217
## Install
Add `lucre` to your `Cargo.toml`.
```toml
[dependencies]
lucre = "0.1"
```
## Usage
The `Money` struct is the primary interface, with the `Currency` struct supporting it.
`Currency` contains constants for all current ISO 4217 currencies.
```rust
use lucre::{Money, Currency, Format};
// Create money from major or minor units
let subtotal = Money::from_major(100, &Currency::USD);
let tax = Money::from_minor(475, &Currency::USD);
// Arithmetic is available as either checked or panicking operations
let _unchecked = subtotal + tax;
let total = subtotal.checked_add(&tax).unwrap();
// The display format has sensible defaults...
assert_eq!(total.to_string(), "104.75 USD");
// ...which can be overridden
let format = Format::default().symbol();
assert_eq!(total.format_with(&format).to_string(), "$104.75");
```
## Maintainer
This project is maintained by [Rosa Richter](https://cosmicrose.dev).
For ways to contact her, see her [contact page](https://cosmicrose.dev/contact/).
## Contributing
Questions and contributions are absolutely welcome!
Please [create an issue](https://code.cosmicrose.dev/rosa/lucre/issues/new)
for bugs, feature requests, or questions.
## License
[BSD-2-Clause-Patent](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause-Patent.html) © Rosa Richter