Is there a simple way to format numbers in JavaScript, similar to the formatting methods available in C# (or VB.NET) via ToString("format_provider") or String.Format()?
Firstly, converting an integer into string in JS is really simple:
// Start off with a number
var number = 42;
// Convert into a string by appending an empty (or whatever you like as a string) to it
var string = 42+'';
// No extra conversion is needed, even though you could actually do
var alsoString = number.toString();
If you have a number as a string and want it to be turned to an integer, you have to use the parseInt(string) for integers and parseFloat(string) for floats. Both of these functions then return the desired integer/float. Example:
// Start off with a float as a string
var stringFloat = '3.14';
// And an int as a string
var stringInt = '42';
// typeof stringInt would give you 'string'
// Get the real float from the string
var realFloat = parseFloat(someFloat);
// Same for the int
var realInt = parseInt(stringInt);
// but typeof realInt will now give you 'number'
What exactly are you trying to append etc, remains unclear to me from your question.
Here's a simple JS function to add commas to an integer number in string format. It will handle whole numbers or decimal numbers. You can pass it either a number or a string. It obviously returns a string.
function addCommas(str) {
var parts = (str + "").split("."),
main = parts[0],
len = main.length,
output = "",
first = main.charAt(0),
i;
if (first === '-') {
main = main.slice(1);
len = main.length;
} else {
first = "";
}
i = len - 1;
while(i >= 0) {
output = main.charAt(i) + output;
if ((len - i) % 3 === 0 && i > 0) {
output = "," + output;
}
--i;
}
// put sign back
output = first + output;
// put decimal part back
if (parts.length > 1) {
output += "." + parts[1];
}
return output;
}
You can see it being used in this previous jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/jfriend00/sMnjT/. You can find functions that will handle decimal numbers too with a simple Google search for "javascript add commas".
Converting a number to a string can be done many ways. The easiest is just to add it to a string:
var myNumber = 3;
var myStr = "" + myNumber; // "3"
Within, the context of your jsFiddle, you'd get commas into the counter by changing this line:
$.fn.digits = function () {
return this.each(function () {
var value = $(this).text();
var decimal = "";
if (value) {
var pos = value.indexOf(".");
if (pos >= 0) {
decimal = value.substring(pos);
value = value.substring(0, pos);
}
if (value) {
value = value.replace(/(\d)(?=(\d\d\d)+(?!\d))/g, "$1,");
if (!String.isNullOrEmpty(decimal)) value = (value + decimal);
$(this).text(value);
}
}
else {
value = $(this).val()
if (value) {
var pos = value.indexOf(".");
if (pos >= 0) {
decimal = value.substring(pos);
value = value.substring(0, pos);
}
if (value) {
value = value.replace(/(\d)(?=(\d\d\d)+(?!\d))/g, "$1,");
if (!String.isNullOrEmpty(decimal)) value = (value + decimal);
$(this).val(value);
}
}
}
})
};
if (typeof Number.prototype.format === 'undefined') {
Number.prototype.format = function (precision) {
if (!isFinite(this)) {
return this.toString();
}
var a = this.toFixed(precision).split('.');
a[0] = a[0].replace(/\d(?=(\d{3})+$)/g, '$&,');
return a.join('.');
}
}
Method 1
if (typeof Number.prototype.format1 === 'undefined') {
Number.prototype.format1 = function (precision) {
if (!isFinite(this)) {
return this.toString();
}
var a = this.toFixed(precision).split('.'),
// skip the '-' sign
head = Number(this < 0);
// skip the digits that's before the first thousands separator
head += (a[0].length - head) % 3 || 3;
a[0] = a[0].slice(0, head) + a[0].slice(head).replace(/\d{3}/g, ',$&');
return a.join('.');
};
}
Method 2 (Split to Array)
if (typeof Number.prototype.format2 === 'undefined') {
Number.prototype.format2 = function (precision) {
if (!isFinite(this)) {
return this.toString();
}
var a = this.toFixed(precision).split('.');
a[0] = a[0]
.split('').reverse().join('')
.replace(/\d{3}(?=\d)/g, '$&,')
.split('').reverse().join('');
return a.join('.');
};
}
Method 3 (Loop)
if (typeof Number.prototype.format3 === 'undefined') {
Number.prototype.format3 = function (precision) {
if (!isFinite(this)) {
return this.toString();
}
var a = this.toFixed(precision).split('');
a.push('.');
var i = a.indexOf('.') - 3;
while (i > 0 && a[i-1] !== '-') {
a.splice(i, 0, ',');
i -= 3;
}
a.pop();
return a.join('');
};
}
Example
console.log('======== Demo ========')
var n = 0;
for (var i=1; i<20; i++) {
n = (n * 10) + (i % 10)/100;
console.log(n.format(2), (-n).format(2));
}
Separator
If we want custom thousands separator or decimal separator, use replace():
I wrote a simple function (not yet another jQuery plugin needed!!) that converts a number to a decimal separated string or an empty string if the number wasn't a number to begin with:
function format(x) {
return isNaN(x)?"":x.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ",");
}
format(578999); results in 578,999
format(10); results in 10
if you want to have a decimal point instead of a comma simply replace the comma in the code with a decimal point.
One of the comments correctly stated this only works for integers, with a few small adaptions you can make it work for floating points as well:
You can do it in the following way:
So you will not only format the number but you can also pass as a parameter how many decimal digits to display, you set a custom decimal and mile separator.
let min = 1556454.0001;
let max = 15556982.9999;
console.time('number format');
for (let i = 0; i < 15000; i++) {
let randomNumber = Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
let formated = format(randomNumber, 4, ',', '.'); // formated number
console.debug('number: ', randomNumber, 'formated: ', formated);
}
console.timeEnd('number format');