YUI代码库使用以下格式：

format: function(nData, oConfig) {
    oConfig = oConfig || {};

    if(!YAHOO.lang.isNumber(nData)) {
        nData *= 1;
    }

    if(YAHOO.lang.isNumber(nData)) {
        var sOutput = nData + "";
        var sDecimalSeparator = (oConfig.decimalSeparator) ? oConfig.decimalSeparator : ".";
        var nDotIndex;

        // Manage decimals
        if(YAHOO.lang.isNumber(oConfig.decimalPlaces)) {
            // Round to the correct decimal place
            var nDecimalPlaces = oConfig.decimalPlaces;
            var nDecimal = Math.pow(10, nDecimalPlaces);
            sOutput = Math.round(nData*nDecimal)/nDecimal + "";
            nDotIndex = sOutput.lastIndexOf(".");

            if(nDecimalPlaces > 0) {
                // Add the decimal separator
                if(nDotIndex < 0) {
                    sOutput += sDecimalSeparator;
                    nDotIndex = sOutput.length-1;
                }
                // Replace the "."
                else if(sDecimalSeparator !== "."){
                    sOutput = sOutput.replace(".",sDecimalSeparator);
                }
                // Add missing zeros
                while((sOutput.length - 1 - nDotIndex) < nDecimalPlaces) {
                    sOutput += "0";
                }
            }
        }

        // Add the thousands separator
        if(oConfig.thousandsSeparator) {
            var sThousandsSeparator = oConfig.thousandsSeparator;
            nDotIndex = sOutput.lastIndexOf(sDecimalSeparator);
            nDotIndex = (nDotIndex > -1) ? nDotIndex : sOutput.length;
            var sNewOutput = sOutput.substring(nDotIndex);
            var nCount = -1;
            for (var i=nDotIndex; i>0; i--) {
                nCount++;
                if ((nCount%3 === 0) && (i !== nDotIndex)) {
                    sNewOutput = sThousandsSeparator + sNewOutput;
                }
                sNewOutput = sOutput.charAt(i-1) + sNewOutput;
            }
            sOutput = sNewOutput;
        }

        // Prepend prefix
        sOutput = (oConfig.prefix) ? oConfig.prefix + sOutput : sOutput;

        // Append suffix
        sOutput = (oConfig.suffix) ? sOutput + oConfig.suffix : sOutput;

        return sOutput;
    }
    // Still not a number. Just return it unaltered
    else {
        return nData;
    }
}

它需要编辑，因为YUI库是可配置的，比如用“.”替换oConfig.decimalSeparator。

下面是Patrick Desjardins（别名Daok）代码，添加了一些注释和一些小改动：

/*
decimal_sep: character used as decimal separator, it defaults to '.' when omitted
thousands_sep: char used as thousands separator, it defaults to ',' when omitted
*/
Number.prototype.toMoney = function(decimals, decimal_sep, thousands_sep)
{
   var n = this,
   c = isNaN(decimals) ? 2 : Math.abs(decimals), // If decimal is zero we must take it. It means the user does not want to show any decimal
   d = decimal_sep || '.', // If no decimal separator is passed, we use the dot as default decimal separator (we MUST use a decimal separator)

   /*
   According to [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/411352/how-best-to-determine-if-an-argument-is-not-sent-to-the-javascript-function]
   the fastest way to check for not defined parameter is to use typeof value === 'undefined'
   rather than doing value === undefined.
   */
   t = (typeof thousands_sep === 'undefined') ? ',' : thousands_sep, // If you don't want to use a thousands separator you can pass empty string as thousands_sep value

   sign = (n < 0) ? '-' : '',

   // Extracting the absolute value of the integer part of the number and converting to string
   i = parseInt(n = Math.abs(n).toFixed(c)) + '',

   j = ((j = i.length) > 3) ? j % 3 : 0;
   return sign + (j ? i.substr(0, j) + t : '') + i.substr(j).replace(/(\d{3})(?=\d)/g, "$1" + t) + (c ? d + Math.abs(n - i).toFixed(c).slice(2) : '');
}

这里有一些测试：

// Some tests (do not forget parenthesis when using negative numbers and number with no decimals)
alert(123456789.67392.toMoney() + '\n' + 123456789.67392.toMoney(3) + '\n' + 123456789.67392.toMoney(0) + '\n' + (123456).toMoney() + '\n' + (123456).toMoney(0) + '\n' + 89.67392.toMoney() + '\n' + (89).toMoney());

// Some tests (do not forget parenthesis when using negative numbers and number with no decimals)
alert((-123456789.67392).toMoney() + '\n' + (-123456789.67392).toMoney(-3));

次要变化包括：

移动了一点Math.abs（小数），只有当不是NaN时才能执行。decimal_sep不能再是空字符串（必须使用某种十进制分隔符）我们使用typeof thousand_sep===“undefined”，如How best to determine if a argument is not send to JavaScript function中所建议的不需要（+n||0），因为这是Number对象

JSFiddle公司

我建议使用Google可视化API中的NumberFormat类。

你可以这样做：

var formatter = new google.visualization.NumberFormat({
    prefix: '$',
    pattern: '#,###,###.##'
});

formatter.formatValue(1000000); // $ 1,000,000

http://code.google.com/p/javascript-number-formatter/:

短、快、灵活但独立。只有75行，包括MIT许可证信息、空白行和注释。接受标准数字格式，如#、##0.00或带否定的-000.####。接受任何国家/地区格式，如###0,00，#，###.##，#‘###.##或任何类型的非编号符号。接受任意数字分组。#、##、#0.000或#、####0.##均有效。接受任何冗余/防傻瓜格式。##、###、##。#或0#、#00####0#都正常。自动数字舍入。简单的界面，只需提供如下掩码和值：格式（“0.0000”，3.141592）

UPDATE这是我自己开发的应用程序，用于最常见的任务：

var NumUtil = {};

/**
  Petty print 'num' wth exactly 'signif' digits.
  pp(123.45, 2) == "120"
  pp(0.012343, 3) == "0.0123"
  pp(1.2, 3) == "1.20"
*/
NumUtil.pp = function(num, signif) {
    if (typeof(num) !== "number")
        throw 'NumUtil.pp: num is not a number!';
    if (isNaN(num))
        throw 'NumUtil.pp: num is NaN!';
    if (num < 1e-15 || num > 1e15)
        return num;
    var r = Math.log(num)/Math.LN10;
    var dot = Math.floor(r) - (signif-1);
    r = r - Math.floor(r) + (signif-1);
    r = Math.round(Math.exp(r * Math.LN10)).toString();
    if (dot >= 0) {
        for (; dot > 0; dot -= 1)
            r += "0";
        return r;
    } else if (-dot >= r.length) {
        var p = "0.";
        for (; -dot > r.length; dot += 1) {
            p += "0";
        }
        return p+r;
    } else {
        return r.substring(0, r.length + dot) + "." + r.substring(r.length + dot);
    }
}

/** Append leading zeros up to 2 digits. */
NumUtil.align2 = function(v) {
    if (v < 10)
        return "0"+v;
    return ""+v;
}
/** Append leading zeros up to 3 digits. */
NumUtil.align3 = function(v) {
    if (v < 10)
        return "00"+v;
    else if (v < 100)
        return "0"+v;
    return ""+v;
}

NumUtil.integer = {};

/** Round to integer and group by 3 digits. */
NumUtil.integer.pp = function(num) {
    if (typeof(num) !== "number") {
        console.log("%s", new Error().stack);
        throw 'NumUtil.integer.pp: num is not a number!';
    }
    if (isNaN(num))
        throw 'NumUtil.integer.pp: num is NaN!';
    if (num > 1e15)
        return num;
    if (num < 0)
        throw 'Negative num!';
    num = Math.round(num);
    var group = num % 1000;
    var integ = Math.floor(num / 1000);
    if (integ === 0) {
        return group;
    }
    num = NumUtil.align3(group);
    while (true) {
        group = integ % 1000;
        integ = Math.floor(integ / 1000);
        if (integ === 0)
            return group + " " + num;
        num = NumUtil.align3(group) + " " + num;
    }
    return num;
}

NumUtil.currency = {};

/** Round to coins and group by 3 digits. */
NumUtil.currency.pp = function(amount) {
    if (typeof(amount) !== "number")
        throw 'NumUtil.currency.pp: amount is not a number!';
    if (isNaN(amount))
        throw 'NumUtil.currency.pp: amount is NaN!';
    if (amount > 1e15)
        return amount;
    if (amount < 0)
        throw 'Negative amount!';
    if (amount < 1e-2)
        return 0;
    var v = Math.round(amount*100);
    var integ = Math.floor(v / 100);
    var frac = NumUtil.align2(v % 100);
    var group = integ % 1000;
    integ = Math.floor(integ / 1000);
    if (integ === 0) {
        return group + "." + frac;
    }
    amount = NumUtil.align3(group);
    while (true) {
        group = integ % 1000;
        integ = Math.floor(integ / 1000);
        if (integ === 0)
            return group + " " + amount + "." + frac;
        amount = NumUtil.align3(group) + " " + amount;
    }
    return amount;
}

一种仅满足原始要求的极简方法：

function formatMoney(n) {
    return "$ " + (Math.round(n * 100) / 100).toLocaleString();
}

@丹尼尔·马格廖拉：你说得对。以上是一个仓促而不完整的实施。以下是正确的实施方式：

function formatMoney(n) {
    return "$ " + n.toLocaleString().split(".")[0] + "."
        + n.toFixed(2).split(".")[1];
}

这可能有点晚了，但这是我刚刚为同事准备的一个方法，可以为所有数字添加一个支持区域设置的.toCurrencyString（）函数。内部化仅用于数字分组，而不是货币符号-如果您输出美元，请使用提供的“$”，因为日本或中国的123 4567美元与美国的1234567美元相同。如果您输出欧元等，请将货币符号从“$”改为“$”。

在HTML＜head＞部分的任何地方或在需要使用它之前的任何地方声明：

  Number.prototype.toCurrencyString = function(prefix, suffix) {
    if (typeof prefix === 'undefined') { prefix = '$'; }
    if (typeof suffix === 'undefined') { suffix = ''; }
    var _localeBug = new RegExp((1).toLocaleString().replace(/^1/, '').replace(/\./, '\\.') + "$");
    return prefix + (~~this).toLocaleString().replace(_localeBug, '') + (this % 1).toFixed(2).toLocaleString().replace(/^[+-]?0+/,'') + suffix;
  }

那你就完了！在需要将数字输出为货币的任何位置使用（number）.toCurrencyString（）。

var MyNumber = 123456789.125;
alert(MyNumber.toCurrencyString()); // alerts "$123,456,789.13"
MyNumber = -123.567;
alert(MyNumber.toCurrencyString()); // alerts "$-123.57"