Angular 5 - currencyPipe

Question

I have a problem with the already built in CurrencyPipe from Angular.

I need to display a currency sign using the CurrencyPipe but I can't use it unless I provide an input number.

Because the CurrencyPipe uses the current locale to get the currency sign, I was thinking that the input number could be optional.

Current Behaviour:

{{ 1 | currency:'USD' }} --> $1

Needed Behaviour:

{{ null | currency:'USD' }} --> $

Does any of you know if this is possible with the default Pipe? Thanks!!

Answer 1

Update Angular 8

import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
import { CurrencyPipe } from '@angular/common';

@Pipe({ name: 'CustomeCurrency' })
export class CustomCurrencyPipe implements PipeTransform {

    constructor(private currencyPipe: CurrencyPipe) { }
    transform(value: any, currencyCode?: string, display?: string | boolean, digitsInfo?: string, locale?: string): string {
        if (value != null)
            return this.currencyPipe.transform(value, currencyCode, display, digitsInfo, locale);
        return this.currencyPipe.transform(0, currencyCode, display, locale).split('0.00')[0];
    }
}

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Try this simple custom currency pipe

{{ null | CustomeCurrency }}</p>

import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
import { CurrencyPipe } from '@angular/common';
@Pipe({ name: 'CustomeCurrency' })
export class CustomCurrencyPipe implements PipeTransform {

constructor(private currencyPipe: CurrencyPipe) { }

transform(value: any, currency: string, symbol: boolean = false): string {
     if (value != null)
        return this.currencyPipe.transform(value, currency, symbol);
    return this.currencyPipe.transform(0, currency, symbol).split('0.00')[0];
 }
}