// Based on original JavaScript code by Duncan Crombie

// CONSTANTS
var separator = ",";  // use comma as 000's separator
var decpoint = ".";  // use period as decimal point
var percent = "%";
var currency = "$";  // use dollar sign for currency

function formatNumber(number, format, print)
{
    if (number - 0 != number)
        return null;  // if number is NaN return null
    var useSeparator = format.indexOf(separator) != -1;  // use separators in number
    var usePercent = format.indexOf(percent) != -1;  // convert output to percentage
    var useCurrency = format.indexOf(currency) != -1;  // use currency format
    var isNegative = (number < 0);
    number = Math.abs (number);
    if (usePercent)
    number *= 100;
    format = strip(format, separator + percent + currency);  // remove key characters
    number = "" + number;  // convert number input to string

    // split input value into LHS and RHS using decpoint as divider
    var dec = number.indexOf(decpoint) != -1;
    var nleftEnd = (dec) ? number.substring(0, number.indexOf(".")) : number;
    var nrightEnd = (dec) ? number.substring(number.indexOf(".") + 1) : "";

    // split format string into LHS and RHS using decpoint as divider
    dec = format.indexOf(decpoint) != -1;
    var sleftEnd = (dec) ? format.substring(0, format.indexOf(".")) : format;
    var srightEnd = (dec) ? format.substring(format.indexOf(".") + 1) : "";

    // adjust decimal places by cropping or adding zeros to LHS of number
    if (srightEnd.length < nrightEnd.length) {
        var nextChar = nrightEnd.charAt(srightEnd.length) - 0;
        nrightEnd = nrightEnd.substring(0, srightEnd.length);
        if (nextChar >= 5) nrightEnd = "" + ((nrightEnd - 0) + 1);  // round up

        // patch provided by Patti Marcoux 1999/08/06
        while (srightEnd.length > nrightEnd.length)
            nrightEnd = "0" + nrightEnd;

        if (srightEnd.length < nrightEnd.length) {
            nrightEnd = nrightEnd.substring(1);
            nleftEnd = (nleftEnd - 0) + 1;
        }
    }
    else {
        for (var i=nrightEnd.length; srightEnd.length > nrightEnd.length; i++)
        {
            if (srightEnd.charAt(i) == "0") nrightEnd += "0";  // append zero to RHS of number
            else break;
        }
    }

    // adjust leading zeros
    sleftEnd = strip(sleftEnd, "#");  // remove hashes from LHS of format
    while (sleftEnd.length > nleftEnd.length)
        nleftEnd = "0" + nleftEnd;  // prepend zero to LHS of number

    if (useSeparator) nleftEnd = separate(nleftEnd, separator);  // add separator
    var output = nleftEnd + ((nrightEnd != "") ? "." + nrightEnd : "");  // combine parts
    output = ((useCurrency) ? currency : "") + output + ((usePercent) ? percent : "");
    if (isNegative) // patch suggested by Tom Denn 25/4/2001
        output = (useCurrency) ? "(" + output + ")" : "-" + output;
    return output;
}

function strip(input, chars) {  // strip all characters in 'chars' from input
    var output = "";  // initialise output string
    for (var i=0; i < input.length; i++)
        if (chars.indexOf(input.charAt(i)) == -1)
            output += input.charAt(i);
    return output;
}

function separate(input, separator) {  // format input using 'separator' to mark 000's
    input = "" + input;
    var output = "";  // initialise output string
    for (var i=0; i < input.length; i++) {
        if (i != 0 && (input.length - i) % 3 == 0)
            output += separator;
        output += input.charAt(i);
    }
    return output;
}