Format numbers in JavaScript similar to C#

Question

Is there a simple way to format numbers in JavaScript, similar to the formatting methods available in C# (or VB.NET) via ToString(\"format_provider\") or

Answer 1

You can do it in the following way: So you will not only format the number but you can also pass as a parameter how many decimal digits to display, you set a custom decimal and mile separator.

function format(number, decimals = 2, decimalSeparator = '.', thousandsSeparator = ',') {
    const roundedNumber = number.toFixed(decimals);
    let integerPart = '', fractionalPart = '';
    if (decimals == 0) {
        integerPart = roundedNumber;
        decimalSeparator = '';
    } else {
        let numberParts = roundedNumber.split('.');
        integerPart = numberParts[0];
        fractionalPart = numberParts[1];
    }
    integerPart = integerPart.replace(/(\d)(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, `$1${thousandsSeparator}`);
    return `${integerPart}${decimalSeparator}${fractionalPart}`;
}

Use:

let min = 1556454.0001;
let max = 15556982.9999;
console.time('number format');
for (let i = 0; i < 15000; i++) {
    let randomNumber = Math.random() * (max - min) + min;

    let formated = format(randomNumber, 4, ',', '.'); // formated number

    console.debug('number: ', randomNumber, 'formated: ', formated);
}
console.timeEnd('number format');