JQuery Number Formatting

There are way too many questions and answers about this basic functionality, I cannot see the wood for the trees.

In Java there is only one simple answer (java.text.NumberFormat and its subclasses) so I'm sure the majority of plugins, questions and answers will mature eventually to a de-facto standard for JQuery.

This plugin is the best I found so far, but I don't know if it's still developed, is mature etc.

http://plugins.jquery.com/project/numberformatter

Is there a better solution? Is it mature / active enough to rely on?

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Edit:

I would like to be able to format currencies, decimal, integers based on the same format patterns Java uses, so that data recieved on the client side can be formatted without sending it first to the server.

e.g.

Format 1000 to $1,000 or 1,000.00 etc (locale support is nice)

Seems that http://plugins.jquery.com/project/numberformatter does the job but the question was: "Am I using the right thing?" or "Is there a better way to do so?"

I would recommend looking at this article on how to use javascript to handle basic formatting:

function addCommas(nStr)
{
	nStr += '';
	x = nStr.split('.');
	x1 = x[0];
	x2 = x.length > 1 ? '.' + x[1] : '';
	var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;
	while (rgx.test(x1)) {
		x1 = x1.replace(rgx, '$1' + ',' + '$2');
	}
	return x1 + x2;
}

source: http://www.mredkj.com/javascript/numberFormat.html

While jQuery can make your life easier in a million different ways I would say it's overkill for this. Keep in mind that jQuery can be fairly large and your user's browser needs to download it when you use it on a page.

When ever using jQuery you should step back and ask if it contributes enough to justify the extra overhead of downloading the library.

If you need some sort of advanced formatting (like the localization stuff in the plugin you linked), or you are already including jQuery it might be worth looking at a jQuery plugin.

Side note - check this out if you want to get a chuckle about the over use of jQuery.

Using the jQuery Number Format plugin, you can get a formatted number in one of three ways:

// Return as a string
$.number( 1234.5678, 2 ); // Returns '1,234.57'

// Place formatted number directly in an element:
$('#mynum').number( 1234.5678 ); // #mynum would then contain '1,235'

// Replace existing number values in any element
$('span.num').number( true, 2 ); // Formats and replaces existing numbers in those elements.

If you don't like the format, or you need to localise, there are other parameters that let you choose how the number gets formatted:

.number( theNumber, decimalPlaces, decimalSeparator, thousandsSeparator )

You can also get jQuery Number Format from GitHub.

Browser development progresses:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number/toLocaleString

 Number.toLocaleString(locale);

 // E.g.
 parseFloat("1234567.891").toLocaleString(window.document.documentElement.lang);
 "1,234,567.891"

I wrote a JavaScript analogue of a PHP function number_format on a base of Abe Miessler addCommas function. Could be usefull.

number_format = function (number, decimals, dec_point, thousands_sep) {
        number = number.toFixed(decimals);

        var nstr = number.toString();
        nstr += '';
        x = nstr.split('.');
        x1 = x[0];
        x2 = x.length > 1 ? dec_point + x[1] : '';
        var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;

        while (rgx.test(x1))
            x1 = x1.replace(rgx, '$1' + thousands_sep + '$2');
        
        return x1 + x2;
    }

For example:

var some_number = number_format(42661.55556, 2, ',', ' '); //gives 42 661,56

If you need to handle multiple currencies, various number formats etc. I can recommend autoNumeric. Works a treat. Have been using it successfully for several years now.

Putting this http://www.mredkj.com/javascript/numberFormat.html and $('.number').formatNumber(); concept together, you may use the following line of code;

e.g. <td class="number">1172907.50</td> will be formatted like <td class="number">1,172,907.50</td>

$('.number').text(function () { 
    var str = $(this).html() + ''; 
    x = str.split('.'); 
    x1 = x[0]; x2 = x.length > 1 ? '.' + x[1] : ''; 
    var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/; 
    while (rgx.test(x1)) { 
        x1 = x1.replace(rgx, '$1' + ',' + '$2'); 
    } 
    $(this).html(x1 + x2); 
});

http://jquerypriceformat.com/#examples

https://github.com/flaviosilveira/Jquery-Price-Format

html input runing for live chance.

<input type="text" name="v7"  class="priceformat"/>
<input type="text" name="v8"  class="priceformat"/>


$('.priceformat').each(function( index ) {
	$(this).priceFormat({ prefix: '',  thousandsSeparator: '' });
});

//5000.00

//5.000,00

//5,000.00

http://locutus.io/php/strings/number_format/

module.exports = function number_format (number, decimals, decPoint, thousandsSep) { // eslint-disable-enter code hereline camelcase
  //  discuss at: http://locutus.io/php/number_format/
  // original by: Jonas Raoni Soares Silva (http://www.jsfromhell.com)
  // improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kvz.io)
  // improved by: davook
  // improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // improved by: Theriault (https://github.com/Theriault)
  // improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kvz.io)
  // bugfixed by: Michael White (http://getsprink.com)
  // bugfixed by: Benjamin Lupton
  // bugfixed by: Allan Jensen (http://www.winternet.no)
  // bugfixed by: Howard Yeend
  // bugfixed by: Diogo Resende
  // bugfixed by: Rival
  // bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  //  revised by: Jonas Raoni Soares Silva (http://www.jsfromhell.com)
  //  revised by: Luke Smith (http://lucassmith.name)
  //    input by: Kheang Hok Chin (http://www.distantia.ca/)
  //    input by: Jay Klehr
  //    input by: Amir Habibi (http://www.residence-mixte.com/)
  //    input by: Amirouche
  //   example 1: number_format(1234.56)
  //   returns 1: '1,235'
  //   example 2: number_format(1234.56, 2, ',', ' ')
  //   returns 2: '1 234,56'
  //   example 3: number_format(1234.5678, 2, '.', '')
  //   returns 3: '1234.57'
  //   example 4: number_format(67, 2, ',', '.')
  //   returns 4: '67,00'
  //   example 5: number_format(1000)
  //   returns 5: '1,000'
  //   example 6: number_format(67.311, 2)
  //   returns 6: '67.31'
  //   example 7: number_format(1000.55, 1)
  //   returns 7: '1,000.6'
  //   example 8: number_format(67000, 5, ',', '.')
  //   returns 8: '67.000,00000'
  //   example 9: number_format(0.9, 0)
  //   returns 9: '1'
  //  example 10: number_format('1.20', 2)
  //  returns 10: '1.20'
  //  example 11: number_format('1.20', 4)
  //  returns 11: '1.2000'
  //  example 12: number_format('1.2000', 3)
  //  returns 12: '1.200'
  //  example 13: number_format('1 000,50', 2, '.', ' ')
  //  returns 13: '100 050.00'
  //  example 14: number_format(1e-8, 8, '.', '')
  //  returns 14: '0.00000001'

  number = (number + '').replace(/[^0-9+\-Ee.]/g, '')
  var n = !isFinite(+number) ? 0 : +number
  var prec = !isFinite(+decimals) ? 0 : Math.abs(decimals)
  var sep = (typeof thousandsSep === 'undefined') ? ',' : thousandsSep
  var dec = (typeof decPoint === 'undefined') ? '.' : decPoint
  var s = ''

  var toFixedFix = function (n, prec) {
    if (('' + n).indexOf('e') === -1) {
      return +(Math.round(n + 'e+' + prec) + 'e-' + prec)
    } else {
      var arr = ('' + n).split('e')
      var sig = ''
      if (+arr[1] + prec > 0) {
        sig = '+'
      }
      return (+(Math.round(+arr[0] + 'e' + sig + (+arr[1] + prec)) + 'e-' + prec)).toFixed(prec)
    }
  }

  // @todo: for IE parseFloat(0.55).toFixed(0) = 0;
  s = (prec ? toFixedFix(n, prec).toString() : '' + Math.round(n)).split('.')
  if (s[0].length > 3) {
    s[0] = s[0].replace(/\B(?=(?:\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, sep)
  }
  if ((s[1] || '').length < prec) {
    s[1] = s[1] || ''
    s[1] += new Array(prec - s[1].length + 1).join('0')
  }

  return s.join(dec)
}