currency-to-float

CurrencyToFloat

The currency-to-float package is a dependency-free utility designed to convert currency values into numerical representations without the need to specify the source currency.

Installation

You can install currency-to-float using npm or any other package manager:

npm install currency-to-float

Usage

import currencyToFloat from 'currency-to-float';
// Or use CommonJs:
// const { parse } = require('currency-to-float');

const value = currencyToFloat('$12.50 USD');

console.log(value); // 12.5

Supported Currencies

Currency	Locale	Input (string)	Output (Number)
US Dollar ($, USD)	en-US	$12.50 USD	12.5
Brazilian Real (R$, BRL)	pt-BR	R$ 12,50	12.5
Canadian Dollar ($, CAD)	en-CA	$12.50 CAD	12.5
Canadian Dollar ($, CAD)	fr-CA	12,50 $ CAD	12.5
Australian Dollar ($, AUD)	en-AU	$12.50 AUD	12.5
Euro (€, EUR)	de-DE, fr-FR	12,50 € EUR	12.5
Euro (€, EUR)	en-IE	€12.50 EUR	12.5
Euro (€, EUR)	nl-NL	€12,50 EUR	12.5
British Pounds (£, GBP)	en-GB	£12.50 GBP	12.5
Japanese Yen (¥, JPY)	ja-JP	¥1250 JPY	1250
New Zealand Dollar ($, NZD)	en-NZ	$12.50 NZD	12.5
Hong Kong Dollar ($, HKD)	zh-HK	$12.50 HKD	12.5
Singapore Dollar ($, SGD)	zh-SG	$12.50 SGD	12.5
Danish Krone (Kr, DKK)	da-DK	12,50 kr. DKK	12.5

Benchmark

Run locally with npm run benchmark

currencyToFloat x 235,939 ops/sec ±1.10% (92 runs sampled)
currency.js x 204,132 ops/sec ±2.87% (89 runs sampled)
Fastest is currencyToFloat

License

This package is open-source and available under the MIT License.