How to convert Persian and Arabic digits of a string to English using JavaScript?

Ali.MD picture Ali.MD · Jul 15, 2015 · Viewed 16.2k times · Source

How can I convert Persian/Arabic numbers to English numbers with a simple function?

arabicNumbers = ["١", "٢", "٣", "٤", "٥", "٦", "٧", "٨", "٩", "٠"]
persianNumbers = ["۱", "۲", "۳", "۴", "۵", "۶", "۷", "۸", "۹", "۰"]

It is the same schema, but the code pages are different.

Answer

Ali.MD picture Ali.MD · Jul 15, 2015

Use this simple function to convert your string

var
persianNumbers = [/۰/g, /۱/g, /۲/g, /۳/g, /۴/g, /۵/g, /۶/g, /۷/g, /۸/g, /۹/g],
arabicNumbers  = [/٠/g, /١/g, /٢/g, /٣/g, /٤/g, /٥/g, /٦/g, /٧/g, /٨/g, /٩/g],
fixNumbers = function (str)
{
  if(typeof str === 'string')
  {
    for(var i=0; i<10; i++)
    {
      str = str.replace(persianNumbers[i], i).replace(arabicNumbers[i], i);
    }
  }
  return str;
};

Be careful, in this code the persian numbers codepage are different with the arabian numbers.

Example

var mystr = 'Sample text ۱۱۱۵۱ and ٢٨٢٢';
mystr = fixNumbers(mystr);

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