Natively Format JavaScript Numbers

Elijah Manor
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Published 4 years ago
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When needing to format a number I've tended to lean towards Number.prototype.toFixed(), reach for a 3rd party library, or write custom functions. However, with modern browsers, there's a lot of really interesting native capabilities you could start using with Number.prototype.toLocaleString()or Intl.NumberFormat.

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