title: JQuery Number Formatting
body: <p>There are way too many questions and answers about this basic functionality, I cannot see the wood for the trees. </p>
  
  <p>In Java there is only one simple answer (<code>java.text.NumberFormat</code> and its subclasses) so I'm sure the majority of plugins, questions and answers will mature eventually to a de-facto standard for JQuery.</p>
  
  <p><strong>This plugin</strong> is the best I found so far, but I don't know if it's still developed, is mature etc.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://plugins.jquery.com/project/numberformatter" rel="noreferrer">http://plugins.jquery.com/project/numberformatter</a></p>
  
  <p>Is there a better solution? Is it mature / active enough to rely on?</p>
  
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  <p><strong>Edit:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I would like to be able to format currencies, decimal, integers based on the same format patterns Java uses, so that data recieved on the client side can be formatted without sending it first to the server. </p>
  
  <p>e.g. </p>
  
  <p>Format <code>1000</code> to <code>$1,000</code> or <code>1,000.00</code> etc (locale support is nice)</p>
  
  <p>Seems that <a href="http://plugins.jquery.com/project/numberformatter" rel="noreferrer">http://plugins.jquery.com/project/numberformatter</a> does the job but the question was: "Am I using the right thing?" or "Is there a better way to do so?"</p>