How to convert a currency string to a double with Javascript?
JavascriptJqueryJavascript Problem Overview
I have a text box that will have a currency string in it that I then need to convert that string to a double to perform some operations on it.
"$1,100.00" → 1100.00
This needs to occur all client side. I have no choice but to leave the currency string as a currency string as input but need to cast/convert it to a double to allow some mathematical operations.
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
Remove all non dot / digits:
var currency = "-$4,400.50";
var number = Number(currency.replace(/[^0-9.-]+/g,""));
Solution 2 - Javascript
Use a regex to remove the formating (dollar and comma), and use parseFloat to convert the string to a floating point number.`
var currency = "$1,100.00";
currency.replace(/[$,]+/g,"");
var result = parseFloat(currency) + .05;
Solution 3 - Javascript
accounting.js is the way to go. I used it at a project and had very good experience using it.
accounting.formatMoney(4999.99, "€", 2, ".", ","); // €4.999,99
accounting.unformat("€ 1.000.000,00", ","); // 1000000
You can find it at GitHub
Solution 4 - Javascript
I know this is an old question but wanted to give an additional option.
The jQuery Globalize gives the ability to parse a culture specific format to a float.
https://github.com/jquery/globalize
Given a string "$13,042.00", and Globalize set to en-US:
Globalize.culture("en-US");
You can parse the float value out like so:
var result = Globalize.parseFloat(Globalize.format("$13,042.00", "c"));
This will give you:
13042.00
And allows you to work with other cultures.
Solution 5 - Javascript
I know this is an old question, but CMS's answer seems to have one tiny little flaw: it only works if currency format uses "." as decimal separator. For example, if you need to work with russian rubles, the string will look like this: "1 000,00 rub."
My solution is far less elegant than CMS's, but it should do the trick.
var currency = "1 000,00 rub."; //it works for US-style currency strings as well
var cur_re = /\D*(\d+|\d.*?\d)(?:\D+(\d{2}))?\D*$/;
var parts = cur_re.exec(currency);
var number = parseFloat(parts[1].replace(/\D/,'')+'.'+(parts[2]?parts[2]:'00'));
console.log(number.toFixed(2));
Assumptions:
- currency value uses decimal notation
- there are no digits in the string that are not a part of the currency value
- currency value contains either 0 or 2 digits in its fractional part *
The regexp can even handle something like "1,999 dollars and 99 cents", though it isn't an intended feature and it should not be relied upon.
Hope this will help someone.
Solution 6 - Javascript
This example run ok
var currency = "$1,123,456.00";
var number = Number(currency.replace(/[^0-9\.]+/g,""));
console.log(number);
Solution 7 - Javascript
// "10.000.500,61 TL" price_to_number => 10000500.61
// "10000500.62" number_to_price => 10.000.500,62
JS FIDDLE: https://jsfiddle.net/Limitlessisa/oxhgd32c/
var price="10.000.500,61 TL";
document.getElementById("demo1").innerHTML = price_to_number(price);
var numberPrice="10000500.62";
document.getElementById("demo2").innerHTML = number_to_price(numberPrice);
function price_to_number(v){
if(!v){return 0;}
v=v.split('.').join('');
v=v.split(',').join('.');
return Number(v.replace(/[^0-9.]/g, ""));
}
function number_to_price(v){
if(v==0){return '0,00';}
v=parseFloat(v);
v=v.toFixed(2).replace(/(\d)(?=(\d\d\d)+(?!\d))/g, "$1,");
v=v.split('.').join('*').split(',').join('.').split('*').join(',');
return v;
}
Solution 8 - Javascript
This is my function. Works with all currencies..
function toFloat(num) {
dotPos = num.indexOf('.');
commaPos = num.indexOf(',');
if (dotPos < 0)
dotPos = 0;
if (commaPos < 0)
commaPos = 0;
if ((dotPos > commaPos) && dotPos)
sep = dotPos;
else {
if ((commaPos > dotPos) && commaPos)
sep = commaPos;
else
sep = false;
}
if (sep == false)
return parseFloat(num.replace(/[^\d]/g, ""));
return parseFloat(
num.substr(0, sep).replace(/[^\d]/g, "") + '.' +
num.substr(sep+1, num.length).replace(/[^0-9]/, "")
);
}
Usage : toFloat("$1,100.00") or toFloat("1,100.00$")
Solution 9 - Javascript
You can try this
var str = "$1,112.12";
str = str.replace(",", "");
str = str.replace("$", "");
console.log(parseFloat(str));
Solution 10 - Javascript
For anyone looking for a solution in 2021 you can use Currency.js.
After much research this was the most reliable method I found for production, I didn't have any issues so far. In addition it's very active on Github.
currency(123); // 123.00
currency(1.23); // 1.23
currency("1.23") // 1.23
currency("$12.30") // 12.30
var value = currency("123.45");
currency(value); // 123.45
Solution 11 - Javascript
I know you've found a solution to your question, I just wanted to recommend that maybe you look at the following more extensive jQuery plugin for International Number Formats:
Solution 12 - Javascript
let thousands_seps = '.';
let decimal_sep = ',';
let sanitizeValue = "R$ 2.530,55".replace(thousands_seps,'')
.replace(decimal_sep,'.')
.replace(/[^0-9.-]+/, '');
// Converting to float
// Result 2530.55
let stringToFloat = parseFloat(sanitizeValue);
// Formatting for currency: "R$ 2.530,55"
// BRL in this case
let floatTocurrency = Number(stringToFloat).toLocaleString('pt-BR', {style: 'currency', currency: 'BRL'});
// Output
console.log(stringToFloat, floatTocurrency);
Solution 13 - Javascript
jQuery.preferCulture("en-IN");
var price = jQuery.format(39.00, "c");
output is: Rs. 39.00
use jquery.glob.js,
jQuery.glob.all.js
Solution 14 - Javascript
How about simply
Number(currency.replace(/[^0-9-]+/g,""))/100;
Works with all currencies and locales. replaces all non-numeric chars (you can have €50.000,00 or $50,000.00) input must have 2 decimal places
Solution 15 - Javascript
This worked for me and covers most edge cases :)
function toFloat(num) {
const cleanStr = String(num).replace(/[^0-9.,]/g, '');
let dotPos = cleanStr.indexOf('.');
let commaPos = cleanStr.indexOf(',');
if (dotPos < 0) dotPos = 0;
if (commaPos < 0) commaPos = 0;
const dotSplit = cleanStr.split('.');
const commaSplit = cleanStr.split(',');
const isDecimalDot = dotPos
&& (
(commaPos && dotPos > commaPos)
|| (!commaPos && dotSplit[dotSplit.length - 1].length === 2)
);
const isDecimalComma = commaPos
&& (
(dotPos && dotPos < commaPos)
|| (!dotPos && commaSplit[commaSplit.length - 1].length === 2)
);
let integerPart = cleanStr;
let decimalPart = '0';
if (isDecimalComma) {
integerPart = commaSplit[0];
decimalPart = commaSplit[1];
}
if (isDecimalDot) {
integerPart = dotSplit[0];
decimalPart = dotSplit[1];
}
return parseFloat(
`${integerPart.replace(/[^0-9]/g, '')}.${decimalPart.replace(/[^0-9]/g, '')}`,
);
}
toFloat('USD 1,500.00'); // 1500
toFloat('USD 1,500'); // 1500
toFloat('USD 500.00'); // 500
toFloat('USD 500'); // 500
toFloat('EUR 1.500,00'); // 1500
toFloat('EUR 1.500'); // 1500
toFloat('EUR 500,00'); // 500
toFloat('EUR 500'); // 500
Solution 16 - Javascript
Here's a simple function -
function getNumberFromCurrency(currency) {
return Number(currency.replace(/[$,]/g,''))
}
console.log(getNumberFromCurrency('$1,000,000.99')) // 1000000.99
Solution 17 - Javascript
For currencies that use the ',' separator mentioned by Quethzel Diaz
Currency is in Brazilian.
var currency_br = "R$ 1.343,45";
currency_br = currency_br.replace('.', "").replace(',', '.');
var number_formated = Number(currency_br.replace(/[^0-9.-]+/g,""));
Solution 18 - Javascript
$ 150.00
Fr. 150.00
€ 689.00
I have tested for above three currency symbols .You can do it for others also.
var price = Fr. 150.00;
var priceFloat = price.replace(/[^\d\.]/g, '');
Above regular expression will remove everything that is not a digit or a period.So You can get the string without currency symbol but in case of " Fr. 150.00 " if you console for output then you will get price as
console.log('priceFloat : '+priceFloat);
output will be like priceFloat : .150.00
which is wrong so you check the index of "." then split that and get the proper result.
if (priceFloat.indexOf('.') == 0) {
priceFloat = parseFloat(priceFloat.split('.')[1]);
}else{
priceFloat = parseFloat(priceFloat);
}
Solution 19 - Javascript
function NumberConvertToDecimal (number) {
if (number == 0) {
return '0.00';
}
number = parseFloat(number);
number = number.toFixed(2).replace(/(\d)(?=(\d\d\d)+(?!\d))/g, "$1");
number = number.split('.').join('*').split('*').join('.');
return number;
}
Solution 20 - Javascript
var parseCurrency = function (e) {
if (typeof (e) === 'number') return e;
if (typeof (e) === 'string') {
var str = e.trim();
var value = Number(e.replace(/[^0-9.-]+/g, ""));
return str.startsWith('(') && str.endsWith(')') ? -value: value;
}
return e;
}
Solution 21 - Javascript
This function should work whichever the locale and currency settings :
function getNumPrice(price, decimalpoint) {
var p = price.split(decimalpoint);
for (var i=0;i<p.length;i++) p[i] = p[i].replace(/\D/g,'');
return p.join('.');
}
This assumes you know the decimal point character (in my case the locale is set from PHP, so I get it with <?php echo cms_function_to_get_decimal_point(); ?>).
Solution 22 - Javascript
Such a headache and so less consideration to other cultures for nothing...
here it is folks:
let floatPrice = parseFloat(price.replace(/(,|\.)([0-9]{3})/g,'$2').replace(/(,|\.)/,'.'));
as simple as that.