New Function in wordpress 3.8 (wp star rating)

Description
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Outputs a HTML element with the star rating exposed on a 0-5 scale in half star increments (i.e. 1, 1.5, 2 stars). Optionally, if specified, the number of ratings may also be displayed in the title attribute by passing the $number parameter.

By default, only works in admin screens.

<?php wp_star_rating( $args ); ?>

 $args
    (array) (optional) array of arguments
Default: 0 stars

Example
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<?php
$args = array(
  'rating' => 3.5,
  'type' => 'rating',
  'number' => 1234,
);
wp_star_rating( $args );
?>


In order to use this function on the front end, your template must include the wp-admin/includes/template.php file and enqueue the appropriate dashicons CSS font information. Example CSS: 

@font-face {
font-family: "dashicons";
src: url("../fonts/dashicons.eot");
}

@font-face {
font-family: "dashicons";
src: url(data:application/x-font-woff;charset=utf-8;base64,/* !! Large amount of data removed, see wp-includes/css/dashicons.css for complete data !! */) format("woff"),
url("../fonts/dashicons.ttf") format("truetype"),
url("../fonts/dashicons.svg#dashicons") format("svg");
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}

.star-rating .star-full:before {
    content: "\f155";
}

.star-rating .star-half:before {
    content: "\f459";
}

.star-rating .star-empty:before {
    content: "\f154";
}

.star-rating .star {
    color: #0074A2;
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: dashicons;
    font-size: 20px;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 400;
    height: 20px;
    line-height: 1;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration: inherit;
    vertical-align: top;
    width: 20px;
}

Note the font data in the above CSS has been omitted for clarity. This data must be included in working code. Refer to wp-admin/css/dashicons.css