How to format a phone number with jQuery

Question

I\'m currently displaying phone numbers like 2124771000. However, I need the number to be formatted in a more human-readable form, for example: 212-477-10

Answer 1

Use a library to handle phone number. Libphonenumber by Google is your best bet.

// Require `PhoneNumberFormat`.
var PNF = require('google-libphonenumber').PhoneNumberFormat;

// Get an instance of `PhoneNumberUtil`.
var phoneUtil = require('google-libphonenumber').PhoneNumberUtil.getInstance();

// Parse number with country code.
var phoneNumber = phoneUtil.parse('202-456-1414', 'US');

// Print number in the international format.
console.log(phoneUtil.format(phoneNumber, PNF.INTERNATIONAL));
// => +1 202-456-1414

I recommend to use this package by seegno.