FrostNumberFormat

FrostNumberFormat is a free, open-source number formatting library for JavaScript.

It is a tiny (~1kb gzipped) and modern library, extending the native Intl.NumberFormat class, with additional capabilities for parsing formatted number strings into numbers.

Table Of Contents

• Installation
• Basic Usage
• Formatting
• Parsing

Installation

In Browser

<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/frost-numberformat.min.js"></script>

Using NPM

npm i frostnumberformat

In Node.js:

const NumberFormat = require('frostnumberformat');

Basic Usage

As the class internally utilizes the native Intl.NumberFormat class, usage is very straightforward.

• locale is a string with a BCP 47 language tag, or an array of such strings, and will default to the system locale.
• options is an object containing options for formatting.

For a full list of supported options, see the Intl.NumberFormat documentation.

const formatter = new NumberFormat(locale, options);

Formatting

Return a formatted number string, using the locale and formatting options.

• number is the number you wish to format.

const numberString = formatter.format(number);

Format To Parts

Return an array of objects, containing the formatted number string in parts.

• number is the number you wish to format.

const numberParts = formatter.formatToParts(number);

Parsing

Return a parsed number from a formatted number string.

• numberString is the string you wish to parse.

const number = formatter.parse(numberString);