number_to_currency() in the view?

rubyonrails-talk
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On p. 93, AWDWR(3rd) it says,

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Well rather than having format strings spread all over the place, you centralized the concept of formatting a number in one place, the number_to_currency method. If you wanted to change currency formatting you'd just have to change that one helper.

Fred

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How do you override a helper method?

Same as any other method ? (although I suppose helper :all might throw a slight spanner in the works)

Fred