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JavaScript Number toLocaleString()

Examples

Format a number into a string, using locale settings:

let num = 1000000;
let text = num.toLocaleString();
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Format a number into a string, using the locale specific of FINLAND:

let num = 1000000;
let text = num.toLocaleString("fi-FI");
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Format a number into a currency string, using the locale specific of USA:

let num = 1000000;
let text = num.toLocaleString("en-US", {style:"currency", currency:"USD"});
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More examples below


Definition and Usage

The toLocaleString() returns a number as a string, using local language format.

The language format depends on the locale setup on your computer.


Syntax

number.toLocaleString(locales, options)

Parameters

Parameter Description
locales

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The language specific format to use.
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ar-SA Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
bn-BD Bangla (Bangladesh)
bn-IN Bangla (India)
cs-CZ Czech (Czech Republic)
da-DK Danish (Denmark)
de-AT Austrian German
de-CH "Swiss" German
de-DE Standard German (as spoken in Germany)
el-GR Modern Greek
en-AU Australian English
en-CA Canadian English
en-GB British English
en-IE Irish English
en-IN Indian English
en-NZ New Zealand English
en-US US English
en-ZA English (South Africa)
es-AR Argentine Spanish
es-CL Chilean Spanish
es-CO Colombian Spanish
es-ES Castilian Spanish (as spoken in Central-Northern Spain)
es-MX Mexican Spanish
es-US American Spanish
fi-FI Finnish (Finland)
fr-BE Belgian French
fr-CA Canadian French
fr-CH "Swiss" French
fr-FR Standard French (especially in France)
he-IL Hebrew (Israel)
hi-IN Hindi (India)
hu-HU Hungarian (Hungary)
id-ID Indonesian (Indonesia)
it-CH "Swiss" Italian
it-IT Standard Italian (as spoken in Italy)
ja-JP Japanese (Japan)
ko-KR Korean (Republic of Korea)
nl-BE Belgian Dutch
nl-NL Standard Dutch (as spoken in The Netherlands)
no-NO Norwegian (Norway)
pl-PL Polish (Poland)
pt-BR Brazilian Portuguese
pt-PT European Portuguese (as written and spoken in Portugal)
ro-RO Romanian (Romania)
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation)
sk-SK Slovak (Slovakia)
sv-SE Swedish (Sweden)
ta-IN Indian Tamil
ta-LK Sri Lankan Tamil
th-TH Thai (Thailand)
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey)
zh-CN Mainland China, simplified characters
zh-HK Hong Kong, traditional characters
zh-TW Taiwan, traditional characters

options Optional.
An object with formatting options:

currency Legal values: any currency code (like "EUR", "USD", "INR", etc.)
currencyDisplay
Legal values:
"symbol" (default)
"code"
"name"
localeMatcher
Legal values:
"best-fit" (default)
"lookup"
maximumFractionDigits
A number from 0 to 20 (default is 3)
maximumSignificantDigits
A number from 1 to 21 (default is 21)
minimumFractionDigits
A number from 0 to 20 (default is 3)
minimumIntegerDigits
A number from 1 to 21 (default is 1)
minimumSignificantDigits
A number from 1 to 21 (default is 21)
style
Legal values:
"currency"
"decimal" (default)
"percent"
useGrouping
Legal values:
"true" (default)
"false"

Return Value

Type Description
A stringA string representing a number the local format.


More Examples

Use the options parameter (object) for currency formatting:

let num = new Number(1000000);
const myObj = {
  style: "currency",
  currency: "EUR"
}
let text = num.toLocaleString("en-GB", myObj);
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let num = new Number(1000000);
let text = num.toLocaleString("en-GB", {style:"currency", currency:"EUR"});
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Using the locale specific of JAPAN:

let num = 1000000;
let text = num.toLocaleString("ja-JP", {style:"currency", currency:"JPY"});
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Browser Support

toLocaleString() is an ECMAScript3 (ES3) feature.

ES3 (JavaScript 1999) is fully supported in all browsers:

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Browser Support

(locales, options) is supported in all modern browsers:

Chrome IE Edge Firefox Safari Opera
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