How can I format numbers as dollars currency strin

Question

I would like to format a price in JavaScript.
I'd like a function which takes a float as an argument and returns a string formatted like this:

"$ 2,500.00"

What's the best way to do this?

Answer 1

There are already some great answers here. Here's another attempt, just for fun:

function formatDollar(num) {
    var p = num.toFixed(2).split(".");
    return "$" + p[0].split("").reverse().reduce(function(acc, num, i, orig) {
        return  num=="-" ? acc : num + (i && !(i % 3) ? "," : "") + acc;
    }, "") + "." + p[1];
}

And some tests:

formatDollar(45664544.23423) // "$45,664,544.23"
formatDollar(45) // "$45.00"
formatDollar(123) // "$123.00"
formatDollar(7824) // "$7,824.00"
formatDollar(1) // "$1.00"

Edited: now it will handle negative numbers as well

Answer 2

The main part is inserting the thousand-separators, that could be done like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
function ins1000Sep(val){
  val = val.split(".");
  val[0] = val[0].split("").reverse().join("");
  val[0] = val[0].replace(/(\d{3})/g,"$1,");
  val[0] = val[0].split("").reverse().join("");
  val[0] = val[0].indexOf(",")==0?val[0].substring(1):val[0];
  return val.join(".");
}
function rem1000Sep(val){
  return val.replace(/,/g,"");
}
function formatNum(val){
  val = Math.round(val*100)/100;
  val = (""+val).indexOf(".")>-1 ? val + "00" : val + ".00";
  var dec = val.indexOf(".");
  return dec == val.length-3 || dec == 0 ? val : val.substring(0,dec+3);
}
</script>

<button onclick="alert(ins1000Sep(formatNum(12313231)));">

Answer 3

Numeral.js - a js library for easy number formatting by @adamwdraper

numeral(23456.789).format('$0,0.00'); // = "$23,456.79"

Answer 4

I use the library Globalize (from Microsoft):

It's a great project to localize numbers, currencies and dates and to have them automatically formatted the right way according to the user locale! ...and despite it should be a jQuery extension, it's currently a 100% independent library. I suggest you all to try it out! :)

Answer 5

Haven't seen this one. It's pretty concise and easy to understand.

function moneyFormat(price, sign = '$') {
  const pieces = parseFloat(price).toFixed(2).split('')
  let ii = pieces.length - 3
  while ((ii-=3) > 0) {
    pieces.splice(ii, 0, ',')
  }
  return sign + pieces.join('')
}

console.log(
  moneyFormat(100),
  moneyFormat(1000),
  moneyFormat(10000.00),
  moneyFormat(1000000000000000000)
)

Here is a version with more options in the final output to allow formatting different currencies in different locality formats.

// higher order function that takes options then a price and will return the formatted price
const makeMoneyFormatter = ({
  sign = '$',
  delimiter = ',',
  decimal = '.',
  append = false,
  precision = 2,
  round = true,
  custom
} = {}) => value => {
  
  const e = [1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, 10000000]
  
  value = round
    ? (Math.round(value * e[precision]) / e[precision])
    : parseFloat(value)
  
  const pieces = value
    .toFixed(precision)
    .replace('.', decimal)
    .split('')
  
  let ii = pieces.length - (precision ? precision + 1 : 0)
  
  while ((ii-=3) > 0) {
    pieces.splice(ii, 0, delimiter)
  }
  
  if (typeof custom === 'function') {
    return custom({
      sign,
      float: value, 
      value: pieces.join('') 
    })
  }
  
  return append
    ? pieces.join('') + sign
    : sign + pieces.join('')
}

// create currency converters with the correct formatting options
const formatDollar = makeMoneyFormatter()
const formatPound = makeMoneyFormatter({ 
  sign: '£',
  precision: 0
})
const formatEuro = makeMoneyFormatter({
  sign: '€',
  delimiter: '.',
  decimal: ',',
  append: true
})

const customFormat = makeMoneyFormatter({
  round: false,
  custom: ({ value, float, sign }) => `SALE:$${value}USD`
})

console.log(
  formatPound(1000),
  formatDollar(10000.0066),
  formatEuro(100000.001),
  customFormat(999999.555)
)

Answer 6

Below is the Patrick Desjardins (alias Daok) code with a bit of comments added and some minor changes:

/* 
decimal_sep: character used as deciaml separtor, it defaults to '.' when omitted
thousands_sep: char used as thousands separator, it defaults to ',' when omitted
*/
Number.prototype.toMoney = function(decimals, decimal_sep, thousands_sep)
{ 
   var n = this,
   c = isNaN(decimals) ? 2 : Math.abs(decimals), //if decimal is zero we must take it, it means user does not want to show any decimal
   d = decimal_sep || '.', //if no decimal separator is passed we use the dot as default decimal separator (we MUST use a decimal separator)

   /*
   according to [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/411352/how-best-to-determine-if-an-argument-is-not-sent-to-the-javascript-function]
   the fastest way to check for not defined parameter is to use typeof value === 'undefined' 
   rather than doing value === undefined.
   */   
   t = (typeof thousands_sep === 'undefined') ? ',' : thousands_sep, //if you don't want to use a thousands separator you can pass empty string as thousands_sep value

   sign = (n < 0) ? '-' : '',

   //extracting the absolute value of the integer part of the number and converting to string
   i = parseInt(n = Math.abs(n).toFixed(c)) + '', 

   j = ((j = i.length) > 3) ? j % 3 : 0; 
   return sign + (j ? i.substr(0, j) + t : '') + i.substr(j).replace(/(\d{3})(?=\d)/g, "$1" + t) + (c ? d + Math.abs(n - i).toFixed(c).slice(2) : ''); 
}

and here some tests:

//some tests (do not forget parenthesis when using negative numbers and number with no decimals)
alert(123456789.67392.toMoney() + '\n' + 123456789.67392.toMoney(3) + '\n' + 123456789.67392.toMoney(0) + '\n' + (123456).toMoney() + '\n' + (123456).toMoney(0) + '\n' + 89.67392.toMoney() + '\n' + (89).toMoney());

//some tests (do not forget parenthesis when using negative numbers and number with no decimals)
alert((-123456789.67392).toMoney() + '\n' + (-123456789.67392).toMoney(-3));

The minor changes are:

1. moved a bit the Math.abs(decimals) to be done only when is not NaN.

2. decimal_sep can not be empty string anymore (a some sort of decimal separator is a MUST)

3. we use typeof thousands_sep === 'undefined' as suggested in How best to determine if an argument is not sent to the JavaScript function

4. (+n || 0) is not needed because this is a Number object