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format-quantity
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Number formatter for imperial measurements with support for vulgar fractions
Formats a number (or string that appears to be a number) as one would see it written in imperial measurements, e.g. "1 1/2" instead of "1.5". To use vulgar fraction characters like "⅞", pass true
as the second argument.
For the inverse operation, converting a string (which may include mixed numbers or vulgar fractions) to a number
, check out numeric-quantity or, if you're interested in parsing recipe ingredient strings, try parse-ingredient.
# npm
npm i format-quantity
# yarn
yarn add format-quantity
In the browser, all exports including the formatQuantity
function are available on the global object FormatQuantity
.
<script src="https://unpkg.com/format-quantity"></script>
<script>
console.log(FormatQuantity.formatQuantity(10.5)); // "10 1/2"
</script>
import { formatQuantity } from 'format-quantity';
formatQuantity(1.5); // "1 1/2"
formatQuantity(2.66); // "2 2/3"
formatQuantity(3.875, true); // "3⅞"
The return value will be null
if the provided argument is not a number or a string that evaluates to a number using parseFloat
. The return value will be an empty string (""
) if the provided argument is 0
or "0"
(this is done to fit the primary use case of recipe ingredient quantities).
The second parameter to formatQuantity
can be a boolean
value or an options object.
vulgarFractions
Type | Default |
---|---|
boolean | false |
Returns vulgar fractions when appropriate. This option has the same effect as passing a plain boolean
value as the second parameter.
formatQuantity(3.875, { vulgarFractions: true }); // "3⅞"
// is the same as
formatQuantity(3.875, true); // "3⅞"
Note: formatQuantity
supports sixteenths, but no vulgar fraction characters exist for that denomination. Therefore the vulgarFractions
option has no effect if the fraction portion of the final string is an odd numerator over a denominator of 16
.
tolerance
Type | Default |
---|---|
number | 0.009 |
This option determines how close the decimal portion of a number has to be to the actual quotient of a fraction to be considered a match. For example, consider the fraction 1⁄3: 1 ÷ 3 = 0.3333...
repeating forever. The number 0.333
(333 thousandths) is not equivalent to 1⁄3, but it's very close. So even though 0.333 !== (1 / 3)
, formatQuantity(0.333)
will return "1/3"
the same as formatQuantity(1/3)
.
A lower tolerance increases the likelihood that formatQuantity
will return a decimal representation instead of a fraction or mixed number since the matching algorithm will be stricter. An greater tolerance increases the likelihood that formatQuantity
will return a fraction or mixed number, but at the risk of arbitrarily matching an incorrect fraction simply because it gets evaluated first (see src/index.ts
for the actual order of evaluation).
// Low tolerance - returns a decimal since 0.333 is not close enough to 1/3
formatQuantity(0.333, { tolerance: 0.00001 }); // "0.333"
// High tolerance - matches "1/3" even for "3/10"
formatQuantity(0.3, { tolerance: 0.1 }); // "1/3"
// Way too high tolerance - incorrect result because thirds get evaluated before halves
formatQuantity(0.5, { tolerance: 0.5 }); // "1/3"
fractionSlash
Type | Default |
---|---|
boolean | false |
Uses the fraction slash character ("\u2044"
) to separate the numerator and denominator instead of the regular "solidus" slash ("\u002f"
). This option is ignored if the vulgarFractions
option is also true
.
formatQuantity(3.875, { fractionSlash: true }); // "3 7⁄8"
formatQuantity(3.875, { fractionSlash: true, vulgarFractions: true }); // "3⅞"
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
defaultTolerance | number | 0.0075 |
fractionDecimalMatches | [number, VulgarFraction][] | List of fractions and the decimal values that are close enough to match them (inputs are evaluated against the decimal values in the order of this array) |
vulgarToPlainMap | object | Map of vulgar fraction characters to their equivalent ASCII strings ("⅓" to "1/3" , "⅞" to "7/8" , etc.) |
FormatQuantityOptions | interface | Shape of formatQuantity 's second parameter, if not a boolean value |
VulgarFraction | type | The set of vulgar fraction characters ("\u00bc" , "\u00bd" , "\u00be" , and "\u2150" through "\u215e" ) |
[v2.0.0] - 2022-09-15
defaultTolerance
is now 0.0075
.FAQs
Number formatter for imperial measurements with support for vulgar fractions
The npm package format-quantity receives a total of 658 weekly downloads. As such, format-quantity popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that format-quantity demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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