Provides methods for converting numbers into formatted strings. Methods are provided for phone numbers, currency, percentage, precision, positional notation, and file size.

Methods
Constants
STORAGE_UNITS = [:byte, :kb, :mb, :gb, :tb].freeze
Public Instance methods
number_to_currency(number, options = {})

Formats a number into a currency string (e.g., $13.65). You can customize the format in the options hash.

Options

  • :precision - Sets the level of precision (defaults to 2).
  • :unit - Sets the denomination of the currency (defaults to "$").
  • :separator - Sets the separator between the units (defaults to ".").
  • :delimiter - Sets the thousands delimiter (defaults to ",").
  • :format - Sets the format of the output string (defaults to "%u%n"). The field types are:
      %u  The currency unit
      %n  The number
    

Examples

 number_to_currency(1234567890.50)                    # => $1,234,567,890.50
 number_to_currency(1234567890.506)                   # => $1,234,567,890.51
 number_to_currency(1234567890.506, :precision => 3)  # => $1,234,567,890.506

 number_to_currency(1234567890.50, :unit => "£", :separator => ",", :delimiter => "")
 # => £1234567890,50
 number_to_currency(1234567890.50, :unit => "£", :separator => ",", :delimiter => "", :format => "%n %u")
 # => 1234567890,50 £
    # File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb, line 73
73:       def number_to_currency(number, options = {})
74:         options.symbolize_keys!
75: 
76:         defaults  = I18n.translate('number.format''number.format', :locale => options[:locale], :raise => true) rescue {}
77:         currency  = I18n.translate('number.currency.format''number.currency.format', :locale => options[:locale], :raise => true) rescue {}
78:         defaults  = defaults.merge(currency)
79: 
80:         precision = options[:precision] || defaults[:precision]
81:         unit      = options[:unit]      || defaults[:unit]
82:         separator = options[:separator] || defaults[:separator]
83:         delimiter = options[:delimiter] || defaults[:delimiter]
84:         format    = options[:format]    || defaults[:format]
85:         separator = '' if precision == 0
86: 
87:         begin
88:           format.gsub(/%n/, number_with_precision(number,
89:             :precision => precision,
90:             :delimiter => delimiter,
91:             :separator => separator)
92:           ).gsub(/%u/, unit).html_safe
93:         rescue
94:           number
95:         end
96:       end
number_to_human_size(number, *args)

Formats the bytes in size into a more understandable representation (e.g., giving it 1500 yields 1.5 KB). This method is useful for reporting file sizes to users. This method returns nil if size cannot be converted into a number. You can customize the format in the options hash.

Options

  • :precision - Sets the level of precision (defaults to 1).
  • :separator - Sets the separator between the units (defaults to ".").
  • :delimiter - Sets the thousands delimiter (defaults to "").

Examples

 number_to_human_size(123)                                          # => 123 Bytes
 number_to_human_size(1234)                                         # => 1.2 KB
 number_to_human_size(12345)                                        # => 12.1 KB
 number_to_human_size(1234567)                                      # => 1.2 MB
 number_to_human_size(1234567890)                                   # => 1.1 GB
 number_to_human_size(1234567890123)                                # => 1.1 TB
 number_to_human_size(1234567, :precision => 2)                     # => 1.18 MB
 number_to_human_size(483989, :precision => 0)                      # => 473 KB
 number_to_human_size(1234567, :precision => 2, :separator => ',')  # => 1,18 MB

Zeros after the decimal point are always stripped out, regardless of the specified precision:

 helper.number_to_human_size(1234567890123, :precision => 5)        # => "1.12283 TB"
 helper.number_to_human_size(524288000, :precision=>5)              # => "500 MB"

You can still use number_to_human_size with the old API that accepts the precision as its optional second parameter:

 number_to_human_size(1234567, 2)    # => 1.18 MB
 number_to_human_size(483989, 0)     # => 473 KB
     # File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb, line 258
258:       def number_to_human_size(number, *args)
259:         return nil if number.nil?
260: 
261:         options = args.extract_options!
262:         options.symbolize_keys!
263: 
264:         defaults = I18n.translate('number.format''number.format', :locale => options[:locale], :raise => true) rescue {}
265:         human    = I18n.translate('number.human.format''number.human.format', :locale => options[:locale], :raise => true) rescue {}
266:         defaults = defaults.merge(human)
267: 
268:         unless args.empty?
269:           ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn('number_to_human_size takes an option hash ' +
270:             'instead of a separate precision argument.', caller)
271:           precision = args[0] || defaults[:precision]
272:         end
273: 
274:         precision ||= (options[:precision] || defaults[:precision])
275:         separator ||= (options[:separator] || defaults[:separator])
276:         delimiter ||= (options[:delimiter] || defaults[:delimiter])
277: 
278:         storage_units_format = I18n.translate('number.human.storage_units.format''number.human.storage_units.format', :locale => options[:locale], :raise => true)
279: 
280:         if number.to_i < 1024
281:           unit = I18n.translate('number.human.storage_units.units.byte''number.human.storage_units.units.byte', :locale => options[:locale], :count => number.to_i, :raise => true)
282:           storage_units_format.gsub(/%n/, number.to_i.to_s).gsub(/%u/, unit)
283:         else
284:           max_exp  = STORAGE_UNITS.size - 1
285:           number   = Float(number)
286:           exponent = (Math.log(number) / Math.log(1024)).to_i # Convert to base 1024
287:           exponent = max_exp if exponent > max_exp # we need this to avoid overflow for the highest unit
288:           number  /= 1024 ** exponent
289: 
290:           unit_key = STORAGE_UNITS[exponent]
291:           unit = I18n.translate("number.human.storage_units.units.#{unit_key}""number.human.storage_units.units.#{unit_key}", :locale => options[:locale], :count => number, :raise => true)
292: 
293:           begin
294:             escaped_separator = Regexp.escape(separator)
295:             formatted_number = number_with_precision(number,
296:               :precision => precision,
297:               :separator => separator,
298:               :delimiter => delimiter
299:             ).sub(/(#{escaped_separator})(\d*[1-9])?0+\z/, '\1\2').sub(/#{escaped_separator}\z/, '')
300:             storage_units_format.gsub(/%n/, formatted_number).gsub(/%u/, unit)
301:           rescue
302:             number
303:           end
304:         end
305:       end
number_to_percentage(number, options = {})

Formats a number as a percentage string (e.g., 65%). You can customize the format in the options hash.

Options

  • :precision - Sets the level of precision (defaults to 3).
  • :separator - Sets the separator between the units (defaults to ".").
  • :delimiter - Sets the thousands delimiter (defaults to "").

Examples

 number_to_percentage(100)                                        # => 100.000%
 number_to_percentage(100, :precision => 0)                       # => 100%
 number_to_percentage(1000, :delimiter => '.', :separator => ',') # => 1.000,000%
 number_to_percentage(302.24398923423, :precision => 5)           # => 302.24399%
     # File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb, line 111
111:       def number_to_percentage(number, options = {})
112:         options.symbolize_keys!
113: 
114:         defaults   = I18n.translate('number.format''number.format', :locale => options[:locale], :raise => true) rescue {}
115:         percentage = I18n.translate('number.percentage.format''number.percentage.format', :locale => options[:locale], :raise => true) rescue {}
116:         defaults  = defaults.merge(percentage)
117: 
118:         precision = options[:precision] || defaults[:precision]
119:         separator = options[:separator] || defaults[:separator]
120:         delimiter = options[:delimiter] || defaults[:delimiter]
121: 
122:         begin
123:           number_with_precision(number,
124:             :precision => precision,
125:             :separator => separator,
126:             :delimiter => delimiter) + "%"
127:         rescue
128:           number
129:         end
130:       end
number_to_phone(number, options = {})

Formats a number into a US phone number (e.g., (555) 123-9876). You can customize the format in the options hash.

Options

  • :area_code - Adds parentheses around the area code.
  • :delimiter - Specifies the delimiter to use (defaults to "-").
  • :extension - Specifies an extension to add to the end of the generated number.
  • :country_code - Sets the country code for the phone number.

Examples

 number_to_phone(5551234)                                           # => 555-1234
 number_to_phone(1235551234)                                        # => 123-555-1234
 number_to_phone(1235551234, :area_code => true)                    # => (123) 555-1234
 number_to_phone(1235551234, :delimiter => " ")                     # => 123 555 1234
 number_to_phone(1235551234, :area_code => true, :extension => 555) # => (123) 555-1234 x 555
 number_to_phone(1235551234, :country_code => 1)                    # => +1-123-555-1234

 number_to_phone(1235551234, :country_code => 1, :extension => 1343, :delimiter => ".")
 => +1.123.555.1234 x 1343
    # File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb, line 27
27:       def number_to_phone(number, options = {})
28:         number       = number.to_s.strip unless number.nil?
29:         options      = options.symbolize_keys
30:         area_code    = options[:area_code] || nil
31:         delimiter    = options[:delimiter] || "-"
32:         extension    = options[:extension].to_s.strip || nil
33:         country_code = options[:country_code] || nil
34: 
35:         begin
36:           str = ""
37:           str << "+#{country_code}#{delimiter}" unless country_code.blank?
38:           str << if area_code
39:             number.gsub!(/([0-9]{1,3})([0-9]{3})([0-9]{4}$)/,"(\\1) \\2#{delimiter}\\3")
40:           else
41:             number.gsub!(/([0-9]{0,3})([0-9]{3})([0-9]{4})$/,"\\1#{delimiter}\\2#{delimiter}\\3")
42:             number.starts_with?('-') ? number.slice!(1..-1) : number
43:           end
44:           str << " x #{extension}" unless extension.blank?
45:           str
46:         rescue
47:           number
48:         end
49:       end
number_with_delimiter(number, *args)

Formats a number with grouped thousands using delimiter (e.g., 12,324). You can customize the format in the options hash.

Options

  • :delimiter - Sets the thousands delimiter (defaults to ",").
  • :separator - Sets the separator between the units (defaults to ".").

Examples

 number_with_delimiter(12345678)                        # => 12,345,678
 number_with_delimiter(12345678.05)                     # => 12,345,678.05
 number_with_delimiter(12345678, :delimiter => ".")     # => 12.345.678
 number_with_delimiter(12345678, :separator => ",")     # => 12,345,678
 number_with_delimiter(98765432.98, :delimiter => " ", :separator => ",")
 # => 98 765 432,98

You can still use number_with_delimiter with the old API that accepts the delimiter as its optional second and the separator as its optional third parameter:

 number_with_delimiter(12345678, " ")                     # => 12 345.678
 number_with_delimiter(12345678.05, ".", ",")             # => 12.345.678,05
     # File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb, line 152
152:       def number_with_delimiter(number, *args)
153:         options = args.extract_options!
154:         options.symbolize_keys!
155: 
156:         defaults = I18n.translate('number.format''number.format', :locale => options[:locale], :raise => true) rescue {}
157: 
158:         unless args.empty?
159:           ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn('number_with_delimiter takes an option hash ' +
160:             'instead of separate delimiter and precision arguments.', caller)
161:           delimiter = args[0] || defaults[:delimiter]
162:           separator = args[1] || defaults[:separator]
163:         end
164: 
165:         delimiter ||= (options[:delimiter] || defaults[:delimiter])
166:         separator ||= (options[:separator] || defaults[:separator])
167: 
168:         begin
169:           parts = number.to_s.split('.')
170:           parts[0].gsub!(/(\d)(?=(\d\d\d)+(?!\d))/, "\\1#{delimiter}")
171:           parts.join(separator)
172:         rescue
173:           number
174:         end
175:       end
number_with_precision(number, *args)

Formats a number with the specified level of :precision (e.g., 112.32 has a precision of 2). You can customize the format in the options hash.

Options

  • :precision - Sets the level of precision (defaults to 3).
  • :separator - Sets the separator between the units (defaults to ".").
  • :delimiter - Sets the thousands delimiter (defaults to "").

Examples

 number_with_precision(111.2345)                    # => 111.235
 number_with_precision(111.2345, :precision => 2)   # => 111.23
 number_with_precision(13, :precision => 5)         # => 13.00000
 number_with_precision(389.32314, :precision => 0)  # => 389
 number_with_precision(1111.2345, :precision => 2, :separator => ',', :delimiter => '.')
 # => 1.111,23

You can still use number_with_precision with the old API that accepts the precision as its optional second parameter:

  number_with_precision(number_with_precision(111.2345, 2)   # => 111.23
     # File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb, line 196
196:       def number_with_precision(number, *args)
197:         options = args.extract_options!
198:         options.symbolize_keys!
199: 
200:         defaults           = I18n.translate('number.format''number.format', :locale => options[:locale], :raise => true) rescue {}
201:         precision_defaults = I18n.translate('number.precision.format''number.precision.format', :locale => options[:locale],
202:                                                                         :raise => true) rescue {}
203:         defaults           = defaults.merge(precision_defaults)
204: 
205:         unless args.empty?
206:           ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn('number_with_precision takes an option hash ' +
207:             'instead of a separate precision argument.', caller)
208:           precision = args[0] || defaults[:precision]
209:         end
210: 
211:         precision ||= (options[:precision] || defaults[:precision])
212:         separator ||= (options[:separator] || defaults[:separator])
213:         delimiter ||= (options[:delimiter] || defaults[:delimiter])
214: 
215:         begin
216:           rounded_number = (Float(number) * (10 ** precision)).round.to_f / 10 ** precision
217:           number_with_delimiter("%01.#{precision}f" % rounded_number,
218:             :separator => separator,
219:             :delimiter => delimiter)
220:         rescue
221:           number
222:         end
223:       end