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Converting float to currency Argentine Peso

It seems that the Argentine Peso (ARS) notation for currency is complete the opposite from what the Dollar is in the US. The , is used as a decimal separator, and the . is used as a thousands separator.

  • 1121 => $1.121,00
  • 1000.5 => $1.000,50
  • 85.72 => $85,72

I've looked into numeral (npm numeral js) and I have not been able to convert a float to the currency format specified above.

Here's what I tried:

> numeral('87.75').format('$0.0,00')
'$87.7500'
> numeral('87.75').format('$0,0.00')
'$87.75'
> numeral('87.75').format('$0,00')
'$88'
> numeral('87.75').format('$0.00')
'$87.75'
> numeral('87.75').format('$00,00')
'$88'
> numeral('87.75').format('$0.00')
'$87.75'
> numeral('87.75').format('$00,00')
'$88'
> numeral('87.75').format('$00,00.00')
'$87.75'
> numeral('87.75').format('$0[.]0.00')
'$87.8'
> numeral('87.75').format('$0[.]0[.]00')
'$87.8'
> numeral('87.75').format('$0[.]0[,]00')
'$87.75'
> numeral('87.75').format('$0[,]0[,]00')
'$88'

These are all strings but that shouldn't effect the formatting.

Solution

  • You have to create your own format. Scroll down the numeral.js documentation to 'Languages' section for an example on how to define delimiters.

    numeral.language('es_ar', {
    delimiters: {
        thousands: '.',
        decimal: ','
    },
    currency: {
        symbol: '$'
    }
});

numeral.language('es_ar');

numeral(1087.76).format('$0,0.00')
> "$1.087,76"