diff --git a/thousands.go b/thousands.go
index 81ca405..88a4c8b 100644
--- a/thousands.go
+++ b/thousands.go
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	language2 "golang.org/x/text/language"
 	"golang.org/x/text/message"
+	"strconv"
 )
 
-func Separate(Number interface{}, language ...string) (string, error) {
+func Separate(Number interface{}, language ...string) (float64, error) {
 
 	lang := map[string]string{"de": "German", "en": "English"}
 	useLang := lang[language[0]]
 
 	p := message.NewPrinter(language2.Make(useLang))
-	formattedNumber := ""
 
 	switch n := Number.(type) {
 	case int:
@@ -24,88 +24,14 @@ func Separate(Number interface{}, language ...string) (string, error) {
 	case float64:
 
 	default:
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("%T is no valid number format", n)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("%T is no valid number format", n)
 	}
 
-	formattedNumber = p.Sprintf("%f", Number)
+	formattedNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(p.Sprintf("%d", Number))
 
-	/**
-
-	formattedNumber := fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", Number)
-
-	if len(language) < 1 {
-		language[0] = "en"
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	switch language[0] {
-	case "de":
-
-		formattedNumber = strings.ReplaceAll(formattedNumber, ",", ".")
-
-		dec := ""
-
-		if strings.Index(formattedNumber, ".") != -1 {
-			dec = formattedNumber[strings.Index(formattedNumber, ".")+1 : len(formattedNumber)]
-			formattedNumber = formattedNumber[0:strings.Index(formattedNumber, ".")]
-
-		}
-
-		for i := 0; i <= len(formattedNumber); i = i + 4 {
-
-			a := formattedNumber[0 : len(formattedNumber)-i]
-			b := formattedNumber[len(formattedNumber)-i : len(formattedNumber)]
-			formattedNumber = a + "." + b
-
-		}
-
-		if formattedNumber[0:1] == "." {
-			formattedNumber = formattedNumber[1:len(formattedNumber)]
-		}
-
-		if formattedNumber[len(formattedNumber)-1:len(formattedNumber)] == "." {
-			formattedNumber = formattedNumber[0 : len(formattedNumber)-1]
-		}
-
-		if dec != "" {
-			formattedNumber = formattedNumber + "," + dec
-		}
-
-		return formattedNumber, nil
-
-	case "en":
-
-		formattedNumber = strings.ReplaceAll(formattedNumber, ",", "")
-
-		dec := ""
-
-		if strings.Index(formattedNumber, ".") != -1 {
-			dec = formattedNumber[strings.Index(formattedNumber, ".")+1 : len(formattedNumber)]
-			formattedNumber = formattedNumber[0:strings.Index(formattedNumber, ".")]
-
-		}
-
-		for i := 0; i <= len(formattedNumber); i = i + 4 {
-
-			a := formattedNumber[0 : len(formattedNumber)-i]
-			b := formattedNumber[len(formattedNumber)-i : len(formattedNumber)]
-			formattedNumber = a + "," + b
-
-		}
-
-		if formattedNumber[0:1] == "," {
-			formattedNumber = formattedNumber[1:len(formattedNumber)]
-		}
-
-		if formattedNumber[len(formattedNumber)-1:len(formattedNumber)] == "," {
-			formattedNumber = formattedNumber[0 : len(formattedNumber)-1]
-		}
-
-		if dec != "" {
-			formattedNumber = formattedNumber + "." + dec
-		}
-
-		return formattedNumber, nil
-	}
-	*/
-	return formattedNumber, nil
+	return float64(formattedNumber), nil
 }