Yesterday we saw how to get a month's name using the toLocalString function. This made me wonder what else it could be used for, and as it turns out, we can use it for Numbers as well!
JavaScript Number toLocaleString function
The syntax for this method is the same as we saw yesterday in converting a date object.
number.toLocaleString('locale', {options});
In the most default way, we don't have to pass any arguments, and we will get the browser's default.
var number = 123456.789;
console.log(number.toLocaleString());
// 123,456.789
Number.toLocaleString locales
To use different locales we can pass along the locale parameters as such:
console.log(number.toLocaleString('nl-NL'));
// 123.456,789
console.log(number.toLocaleString('en-US'));
// 123,456.789
console.log(number.toLocaleString('en-IN'));
// 1,23,456.789
Number.toLocaleString options
This method has a lot of available options, let's say we want to convert to a local currency format.
console.log(number.toLocaleString('nl-NL', {style: 'currency', currency: 'EUR'}));
// € 123.456,79
console.log(number.toLocaleString('en-US', {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'}));
// $123,456.79
console.log(number.toLocaleString('en-IN', {style: 'currency', currency: 'INR'}));
// ₹1,23,456.79
Awesome right!
Other styles we can use are:
- decimal
- percent
- unit (Find all units here)
View this method on Codepen.
Browser Support
This is a widely supported method, feel free to use it.
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