Here is a simple function that you can use to achieve almost the same result of number_format in php:
function number_format(user_input){
var filtered_number = user_input.replace(/[^0-9]/gi, '');
var length = filtered_number.length;
var breakpoint = 1;
var formated_number = '';
for(i = 1; i <= length; i++){
if(breakpoint > 3){
breakpoint = 1;
formated_number = ',' + formated_number;
}
var next_letter = i + 1;
formated_number = filtered_number.substring(length - i, length - (i - 1)) + formated_number;
breakpoint++;
}
return formated_number;
}
Another way is to use ajax to make a call to a php script where you run number_format on the number and return it with ajax as a string. But it`s a bit messy.
Here is another short solution that should behaviour like the php-equivalent.
function number_format(number,decimals,dec_point,thousands_sep) {
number = number*1;//makes sure `number` is numeric value
var str = number.toFixed(decimals?decimals:0).toString().split('.');
var parts = [];
for ( var i=str[0].length; i>0; i-=3 ) {
parts.unshift(str[0].substring(Math.max(0,i-3),i));
}
str[0] = parts.join(thousands_sep?thousands_sep:',');
return str.join(dec_point?dec_point:'.');
}
let x = 1234567;
//if x is a string/non-number, use parseInt/parseFloat to convert to a number. Thanks @Aleksandr Kopelevich
x.toLocaleString('us', {minimumFractionDigits: 2, maximumFractionDigits: 2})
function number_format(number, decimals, dec_point, thousands_point) {
if (number == null || !isFinite(number)) {
throw new TypeError("number is not valid");
}
if (!decimals) {
var len = number.toString().split('.').length;
decimals = len > 1 ? len : 0;
}
if (!dec_point) {
dec_point = '.';
}
if (!thousands_point) {
thousands_point = ',';
}
number = parseFloat(number).toFixed(decimals);
number = number.replace(".", dec_point);
var splitNum = number.split(dec_point);
splitNum[0] = splitNum[0].replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, thousands_point);
number = splitNum.join(dec_point);
return number;
}