How to format a number to a string in javascript

Question

I'm working with Stripe Checkout, and feed the amount as a number like so 11999. How can I show this number as a string like $119.99?

I tried new Intl.NumberFormat('en-IN', { currency: 'USD' }).format(11999)

But it's show as $ 11,999

I tried http://numeraljs.com as well, but same issue. Any one have an idea?

.format(11999 / 100) by converting cents to dollars first? — adiga
– adiga, Commented May 29, 2019 at 7:47

Jack Bashford · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-29 07:50:59Z

3

Firstly, change the cents to dollars by dividing by 100 (the number of cents in a dollar). Then prepend the $.

const num = 11999;
const res = "$" + (num / 100);
console.log(res);

answered May 29, 2019 at 7:50

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someRandomSerbianGuy · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-30 20:35:27Z

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You can do it in couple of ways.

First way is to parse it as a number and than divide it by 100 but that has a downside if your number has more than 2 decimal numbers.

let format = new Intl.NumberFormat('en-US', {
  style: 'currency',
  currency: 'USD'
});

format.format(parseFloat(11999)/100);

If your number has more decimal points you can do something like:

let numberOfDigits = 2;
format.format(parseFloat(11999)/numberOfDigits*10);

answered May 29, 2019 at 7:53

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