Convert number to Indian format number using Javascript.

Convert number to Indian format number using Javascript.

Different countries have different conventions to display monetary values. Likewise, India follow Indian numbering convention.

Example -

12345678 // normal number

1,23,45,678 // number in Indian number convention

There are several simple and clean ways to convert a number to Indian number format in Javascript without downloading any external library.

  • using toLocalString() -

This is the simplest way to format a number to Indian number system.

let number = 12345678
console.log((number).toLocaleString('en-IN'))  // 1,23,45,678

Here, number can be passed as string as well.

  • Using regex expression
let number = "12345678"
number = number.replace(/(\d)(?=(\d\d)+\d$)/g, "$1,") // 1,23,45,678

for number, having decimal values, this will not work. For such number, a minor modification will do the job.

let number = "12345678"
number = number.split(".");
console.log(number[0].replace(/(\d)(?=(\d\d)+\d$)/g, "$1,") + (number[1] ? ("."+number[1]): ""));

This regex expression matches the pattern and adds comma.

  • Intl - Internationalization API
let number = "12345678"
console.log(Intl.NumberFormat('en-IN').format(number)) // 1,23,45,678
  • Simple logic -
let value = "12345678";
let separator = 3;
let visit = 0;
let number = '';
for(let index = value.length - 1;index >= 0; index --) {
  visit += 1;
  number += value[index];
  if(visit === separator && index !== 0) {
    number += ','
    separator = 2;
    visit = 0;
  }
}
console.log(number.split("").reverse().join(""))  // 1,23,45,678