How to print a number with commas as thousands separators in JavaScript
I am trying to print an integer in JavaScript with commas as thousands separators. For example, I want to show the number 1234567 as "1,234,567". How would I go about doing this?
Is there a simpler or more elegant way to do it? It would be nice if it works with floats also, but that is not necessary. It does not need to be locale-specific to decide between periods and commas.
I used the idea from Kerry's answer, but simplified it since I was just looking for something simple for my specific purpose. Here is what I did:
function numberWithCommas(x) { return x.toString().replace(/\B(?<!\.\d*)(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ","); } function test(x, expect) { const result = numberWithCommas(x); const pass = result === expect; console.log(`${pass ? "✓" : "ERROR ====>"} ${x} => ${result}`); return pass; } let failures = 0; failures += !test(0, "0"); failures += !test(100, "100"); failures += !test(1000, "1,000"); failures += !test(10000, "10,000"); failures += !test(100000, "100,000"); failures += !test(1000000, "1,000,000"); failures += !test(10000000, "10,000,000"); if (failures) { console.log(`${failures} test(s) failed`); } else { console.log("All tests passed"); } .as-console-wrapper { max-height: 100% !important; }
For example, if you pass it 123456789.01, the positive assertion will match every spot to the left of the 7 (since 789 is a multiple of 3 digits, 678 is a multiple of 3 digits, 567, etc.). The negative assertion checks that the multiple of 3 digits does not have any digits after it. 789 has a period after it so it is exactly a multiple of 3 digits, so a comma goes there. 678 is a multiple of 3 digits but it has a 9 after it, so those 3 digits are part of a group of 4, and a comma does not go there. Similarly for 567. 456789 is 6 digits, which is a multiple of 3, so a comma goes before that. 345678 is a multiple of 3, but it has a 9 after it, so no comma goes there. And so on. The \B keeps the regex from putting a comma at the beginning of the string.
