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# Function format
Format a value of any type into a string.
## Syntax
```js
math.format(value)
math.format(value, options)
math.format(value, precision)
math.format(value, callback)
```
### Where
- `value: *`
The value to be formatted
- `options: Object`
An object with formatting options. Available options:
- `notation: string`
Number notation. Choose from:
- 'fixed'
Always use regular number notation.
For example '123.40' and '14000000'
- 'exponential'
Always use exponential notation.
For example '1.234e+2' and '1.4e+7'
- 'engineering'
Always use engineering notation.
For example '123.4e+0' and '14.0e+6'
- 'auto' (default)
Regular number notation for numbers having an absolute value between
`lower` and `upper` bounds, and uses exponential notation elsewhere.
Lower bound is included, upper bound is excluded.
For example '123.4' and '1.4e7'.
- `precision: number`
A number between 0 and 16 to round the digits of the number. In case
of notations 'exponential' and 'auto', `precision` defines the total
number of significant digits returned.
In case of notation 'fixed', `precision` defines the number of
significant digits after the decimal point.
`precision` is undefined by default.
- `lowerExp: number`
Exponent determining the lower boundary for formatting a value with
an exponent when `notation='auto`. Default value is `-3`.
- `upperExp: number`
Exponent determining the upper boundary for formatting a value with
an exponent when `notation='auto`. Default value is `5`.
- `fraction: string`. Available values: 'ratio' (default) or 'decimal'.
For example `format(fraction(1, 3))` will output '1/3' when 'ratio' is
configured, and will output `0.(3)` when 'decimal' is configured.
- `callback: function`
A custom formatting function, invoked for all numeric elements in `value`,
for example all elements of a matrix, or the real and imaginary
parts of a complex number. This callback can be used to override the
built-in numeric notation with any type of formatting. Function `callback`
is called with `value` as parameter and must return a string.
### Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`value` | * | Value to be stringified
`options` | Object &#124; Function &#124; number | Formatting options
### Returns
Type | Description
---- | -----------
string | The formatted value
## Examples
```js
math.format(6.4) // returns '6.4'
math.format(1240000) // returns '1.24e6'
math.format(1/3) // returns '0.3333333333333333'
math.format(1/3, 3) // returns '0.333'
math.format(21385, 2) // returns '21000'
math.format(12e8, {notation: 'fixed'}) // returns '1200000000'
math.format(2.3, {notation: 'fixed', precision: 4}) // returns '2.3000'
math.format(52.8, {notation: 'exponential'}) // returns '5.28e+1'
math.format(12400,{notation: 'engineering'}) // returns '12.400e+3'
math.format(2000, {lowerExp: -2, upperExp: 2}) // returns '2e+3'
function formatCurrency(value) {
// return currency notation with two digits:
return '$' + value.toFixed(2)
// you could also use math.format inside the callback:
// return '$' + math.format(value, {notation: 'fixed', precision: 2})
}
math.format([2.1, 3, 0.016], formatCurrency} // returns '[$2.10, $3.00, $0.02]'
```
## See also
[print](print.md)