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Convert a number (integer) to a human-readable string.
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// `reverse` reverses a string. `reverse` is not Unicode- | |
// safe. | |
function reverseString(str) { | |
return str.split("").reverse().join("") | |
} | |
// `humanReadableInteger` converts a number to a human- | |
// readable string. `humanReadableInteger` is not Unicode- | |
// safe. | |
// | |
// 1. Convert the number to a string. | |
// 2. Reverse the string. | |
// 3. Concatenate a comma per three digits (not at the end of the line). | |
// 4. Re-reverse the string. | |
function humanReadableInteger(int) { | |
let str = int.toString() | |
str = reverseString(str) | |
str = str.replace(/\d{3}(?!$)/g, match => match + ",") | |
str = reverseString(str) | |
return str | |
} | |
console.log(humanReadableInteger(1)) // 1 | |
console.log(humanReadableInteger(12)) // 12 | |
console.log(humanReadableInteger(123)) // 123 | |
console.log(humanReadableInteger(1234)) // 1,234 | |
console.log(humanReadableInteger(12345)) // 12,345 | |
console.log(humanReadableInteger(123456)) // 123,456 | |
console.log(humanReadableInteger(1234567)) // 1,234,567 | |
console.log(humanReadableInteger(12345678)) // 12,345,678 | |
console.log(humanReadableInteger(123456789)) // 123,456,789 | |
console.log(humanReadableInteger(1234567890)) // 1,234,567,890 |
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