Regular Expression for formatting numbers in JavaScript

Question

I need to display a formatted number on a web page using JavaScript. I want to format it so that there are commas in the right places. How would I do this with a regular exp

Answer 1

// You might want to take decimals into account

Number.prototype.commas= function(){
 var s= '', temp, 
 num= this.toString().split('.'), n=num[0];
 while(n.length> 3){
  temp= n.substring(n.length-3);
  s= ','+temp+s;
  n= n.slice(0, -3);
 }
 if(n) s= n+s;
 if(num[1]) s+='.'+num[1];
 return s;
}

var n= 10000000000.34;

n.commas() = returned value: (String) 10,000,000,000.34