method

number_to_currency

v3.1.0 - Show latest stable - 6 notes - Class: ActionView::Helpers::NumberHelper

number_to_currency(number, options = {}) public

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

Options

:locale - Sets the locale to be used for formatting (defaults to current locale).
: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 for non-negative numbers (defaults to “%u%n”).

Fields are <tt>%u</tt> for the currency, and <tt>%n</tt>
for the number.

:negative_format - Sets the format for negative numbers (defaults to prepending

an hyphen to the formatted number given by <tt>:format</tt>).
Accepts the same fields than <tt>:format</tt>, except
<tt>%n</tt> is here the absolute value of 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(1234567890.506, :locale => :fr)   # => 1 234 567 890,506 â¬

number_to_currency(-1234567890.50, :negative_format => "(%u%n)")
# => ($1,234,567,890.51)
number_to_currency(1234567890.50, :unit => "&pound;", :separator => ",", :delimiter => "")
# => &pound;1234567890,50
number_to_currency(1234567890.50, :unit => "&pound;", :separator => ",", :delimiter => "", :format => "%n %u")
# => 1234567890,50 &pound;

Show source

# File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb, line 110
      def number_to_currency(number, options = {})
        return unless number

        options.symbolize_keys!

        defaults  = I18n.translate(:'number.format', :locale => options[:locale], :default => {})
        currency  = I18n.translate(:'number.currency.format', :locale => options[:locale], :default => {})

        defaults  = DEFAULT_CURRENCY_VALUES.merge(defaults).merge!(currency)
        defaults[:negative_format] = "-" + options[:format] if options[:format]
        options   = defaults.merge!(options)

        unit      = options.delete(:unit)
        format    = options.delete(:format)

        if number.to_f < 0
          format = options.delete(:negative_format)
          number = number.respond_to?("abs") ? number.abs : number.sub(/^-/, '')
        end

        begin
          value = number_with_precision(number, options.merge(:raise => true))
          format.gsub(/%n/, value).gsub(/%u/, unit).html_safe
        rescue InvalidNumberError => e
          if options[:raise]
            raise
          else
            formatted_number = format.gsub(/%n/, e.number).gsub(/%u/, unit)
            e.number.to_s.html_safe? ? formatted_number.html_safe : formatted_number
          end
        end

      end

August 29, 2008

6 thanks

Brazilian Real (R$ 1.200,95)

helper:

def number_to_currency_br(number)
  number_to_currency(number, :unit => "R$ ", :separator => ",", :delimiter => ".")
end

October 20, 2008

3 thanks

number_to_euro

in small cells:

12  
€
-->
12 €

def number_to_euro(amount)
  number_to_currency(amount,:unit=>'€').gsub(' ',nbsp)
end

January 15, 2010

3 thanks

Use this in controllers

Sometimes you’re gonna need this in controllers. Just put this in the controller:

include ActionView::Helpers::NumberHelper

October 4, 2011

2 thanks

How to change format automatically depending on locale...

… without passing locale option.

In your application_helper.rb (or in other helper) place following code:

def number_to_currency(number, options = {})
  options[:locale] ||= I18n.locale
  super(number, options)
end

Then, in your locale files:

en-GB:
  number:
    currency:
      format:
        format: "%n %u"
        unit: "USD"

And that is it :)

November 19, 2014

1 thank

Bangladeshi Taka (BDT 1,200.95)

Code example

def to_bdt(amount)
  number_to_currency(amount, :unit => "BDT ", :separator => ".", :delimiter => ",")
end

October 24, 2012

0 thanks

If you happen to face some weird rounding issue...

i.e.

helper.number_to_currency(187)
=> "190 kr"

check out your… translations! Especially ‘significant’ key… In my case it was

number:
   currency:
     format:
       significant: 'false'

that broke rounding. It should have been

number:
   currency:
     format:
       significant: ! 'false'

And now it works perfectly

helper.number_to_currency(187)
=> "187 kr"