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

First reverse a character array, then add commas after every third number unless it's just before the end of the string or before a - sign. Then reverse the character array again and make it a string again.

function add_commas(numStr){
    return numStr.split('').reverse().join('').replace(/(\d{3})(?=[^$|^-])/g, "$1,").split('').reverse().join('');
}