def decode_format(number_format):
    """
    Convert style string to format string ('{}' style), suffix and value scale
    
    This is the core function used to convert numbers to strings
    """

    style = number_format[0]
    prec = "." + str(int(number_format[1:])) if len(number_format) > 1 else ""

    if style == NUMBER:
        return "," + prec + "g","",1.

    elif style == THOUSANDS:
        return "," + prec + "g","k",1e-3

    elif style == MILLIONS:
        return "," + prec + "g","m",1e-6

    elif style == BILLIONS:
        return "," + prec + "g","bn",1e-9

    elif style == TRILLIONS:
        return "," + prec + "g","tr",1e-12

    elif style == PERCENTAGE:
        return prec + "f","%",1e2

    elif style == BASIS_POINTS:
        return prec + "f","bp",1e4

    elif style == INTEGER:
        return "d","",1.

    elif style == SCIENTIFIC:
        return ".4e","",1.

    else: # style FLOAT
        return prec + "f","",1.