Javascript: Convert a number into a well formatted string

Question

In javascript, I have some numbers.

23, 100000, 5000, 45.543

I want to convert each number into a well-formatted string e.g.

'23.00', '1,000,000.00', '5,000.00' , '45.54'

How do I do that in javascript ?

I can do it easily in java (where there is a textformatter class for this)

thanks,

possible duplicate of [Format numbers in javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1068284/format-numbers-in-javascript) — James Johnson, Oct 07 '11 at 15:59
take a look at this jQuery plugin, it does even more than what you need it for, http://www.asual.com/jquery/format/ — Kris Ivanov, Oct 07 '11 at 16:00
@JamesJohnson I think you are right my question is indeed very similar to the one you linked to. — Zo72, Oct 07 '11 at 16:03

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '11 at 15:58

function CommaFormatted(amount)
{
    var delimiter = ","; // replace comma if desired
    var a = amount.split('.',2)
    var d = a[1];
    var i = parseInt(a[0]);
    if(isNaN(i)) { return ''; }
    var minus = '';
    if(i < 0) { minus = '-'; }
    i = Math.abs(i);
    var n = new String(i);
    var a = [];
    while(n.length > 3)
    {
        var nn = n.substr(n.length-3);
        a.unshift(nn);
        n = n.substr(0,n.length-3);
    }
    if(n.length > 0) { a.unshift(n); }
    n = a.join(delimiter);
    if(d.length < 1) { amount = n; }
    else { amount = n + '.' + d; }
    amount = minus + amount;
    return amount;
}

Javascript: Convert a number into a well formatted string

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