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Abbreviate large numbers in Javascript
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// Iterated from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10599933/convert-long-number-into-abbreviated-string-in-javascript-with-a-special-shortn | |
function abbreviateNumber(value) { | |
let newValue = value; | |
const suffixes = ["", "K", "M", "B","T"]; | |
let suffixNum = 0; | |
while (newValue >= 1000) { | |
newValue /= 1000; | |
suffixNum++; | |
} | |
newValue = newValue.toPrecision(3); | |
newValue += suffixes[suffixNum]; | |
return newValue; | |
} |
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Thanks a lot it was very helpful.