A directive to format phone number

Question

I was wondering how to automatically format a number in an input field using an angularjs directive? When I type in an input field say 6042919283 I want it to be shown as 6

Answer 1

Wasn't a big fan of any of the answers here so came up with a directive of my own. It formats number with white space. Doesn't use jquery and you don't have to track key strokes.

.directive('reformatPhoneNumber', function() {
    return {
      require: 'ngModel',
      link: function(scope, element, attrs, modelCtrl) {

        modelCtrl.$parsers.push(function(number) {
          var transformedNumber = number;

          if (number.match(/^\d{4}$/)) {
            transformedNumber = number.slice(0, 3) + " " + number.slice(3);
          }
          if(number.match(/^[\d\s]{8}$/)){
            transformedNumber = number.slice(0, 7) + " " + number.slice(7);
          }

          if (number.length > 12) {
            transformedNumber = number.slice(0, 12);
          }
          if (transformedNumber !== number) {
            modelCtrl.$setViewValue(transformedNumber);
            modelCtrl.$render();
          }
          return transformedNumber;
        });
      }
    };
  });