I have a text input field for a form where users are meant to enter a number. I would like to automatically insert a comma after every third digit.
For example, entering '20' would result in '20'. Entering '100' would result in '100'. But if they were to enter '1000', a comma would be inserted between the 1 and the following 0's (e.g., 1,000). Obviously this behaviour would continue should the number reach 7 digits (e.g., 1,000,000).
Is there an easy way to do this? I'm a bit of a newb at all of this, so please answer like you're talking to a child :)
Another way to do it, no RegEx, just array manipulation:
Be sure to pass a string to the function
Simple string solution in pure JS:
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/kevinvanlierde/TYyfn/141/
Give this a try: it may need a little tweeking.
take the function from above: function addCommas(nStr){...} and put in a js file.
add a script link in the page header to jquery library with: src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js"
be sure your text box has a unique id. ex: id="comma_input".
in the same js file add
You can use standart JavaScript functions. Example here; http://jsfiddle.net/azur/jD5pa/
Pass the value of the input into function and set the input with the result returned. You can bind this to an onchange event.
Here is a working example that relies on jquery to bind the change event and set the value: http://jsfiddle.net/TYyfn/
Comma script is from: http://www.mredkj.com/javascript/nfbasic.html