Performant way to extract price amount and metadatas (currency, decimal & thousands separator) from any string.
npm install --save price-extractextractPrice(
input: string,
details?: boolean = false,
debug?: boolean = false
): TPrice | number | null;
type TAmount = {
number: number,
decsep?: string,
grpsep?: string
}
type TCurrency = {
symbol: string,
iso: string,
match: string,
index: number
}
type TPrice = TAmount & { currency: TCurrency }- null: When the price could not be parsed
- number: The extracted price value
- object: The extract price informations (when details = true)
import extractPrice from 'price-extract';
console.log(
extractPrice('starting from 1 185,36 € (including taxes)'),
/* 1185.36 */
extractPrice('$ 85,4556.34'),
/* 556.34 */
extractPrice('There is no price here hahaha $$'),
/* null */
extractPrice('12,456.24 USD', true),
/* {
number: 12456.24,
decsep: '.',
grpsep: ',',
currency: {
symbol: '$',
iso: 'USD',
match: 'USD',
index: 10
}
} */
);