// author Srini
	function NumberFormat(num, inputDecimal)
	{
		this.VERSION = 'Number Format v1.5.4';
		this.COMMA = ',';
		this.PERIOD = '.';
		this.DASH = '-'; 
		this.LEFT_PAREN = '('; 
		this.RIGHT_PAREN = ')'; 
		this.LEFT_OUTSIDE = 0; 
		this.LEFT_INSIDE = 1;  
		this.RIGHT_INSIDE = 2;  
		this.RIGHT_OUTSIDE = 3;  
		this.LEFT_DASH = 0; 
		this.RIGHT_DASH = 1; 
		this.PARENTHESIS = 2; 
		this.NO_ROUNDING = -1 
		this.num;
		this.numOriginal;
		this.hasSeparators = false;  
		this.separatorValue;  
		this.inputDecimalValue; 
		this.decimalValue;  
		this.negativeFormat; 
		this.negativeRed; 
		this.hasCurrency;  
		this.currencyPosition;  
		this.currencyValue;  
		this.places;
		this.roundToPlaces; 
		this.truncate; 
		this.setNumber = setNumberNF;
		this.toUnformatted = toUnformattedNF;
		this.setInputDecimal = setInputDecimalNF; 
		this.setSeparators = setSeparatorsNF; 
		this.setCommas = setCommasNF;
		this.setNegativeFormat = setNegativeFormatNF; 
		this.setNegativeRed = setNegativeRedNF; 
		this.setCurrency = setCurrencyNF;
		this.setCurrencyPrefix = setCurrencyPrefixNF;
		this.setCurrencyValue = setCurrencyValueNF; 
		this.setCurrencyPosition = setCurrencyPositionNF; 
		this.setPlaces = setPlacesNF;
		this.toFormatted = toFormattedNF;
		this.toPercentage = toPercentageNF;
		this.getOriginal = getOriginalNF;
		this.moveDecimalRight = moveDecimalRightNF;
		this.moveDecimalLeft = moveDecimalLeftNF;
		this.getRounded = getRoundedNF;
		this.preserveZeros = preserveZerosNF;
		this.justNumber = justNumberNF;
		this.expandExponential = expandExponentialNF;
		this.getZeros = getZerosNF;
		this.moveDecimalAsString = moveDecimalAsStringNF;
		this.moveDecimal = moveDecimalNF;
		this.addSeparators = addSeparatorsNF;
		if(inputDecimal == null) 
		{
			this.setNumber(num, this.PERIOD);
		}else
		{
			this.setNumber(num, inputDecimal); 
		}
		this.setCommas(true);
		this.setNegativeFormat(this.LEFT_DASH); 
		this.setNegativeRed(false); 
		this.setCurrency(false); 
		this.setCurrencyPrefix('$');
		this.setPlaces(2);
	}
	function setInputDecimalNF(val)
	{
		this.inputDecimalValue = val;
	}
	function setNumberNF(num, inputDecimal)
	{
		if (inputDecimal != null) 
		{
			this.setInputDecimal(inputDecimal); 
		}
		this.numOriginal = num;
		this.num = this.justNumber(num);
	}
	function toUnformattedNF()
	{
		return (this.num);
	}
	function getOriginalNF()
	{
		return (this.numOriginal);
	}
	function setNegativeFormatNF(format)
	{
		this.negativeFormat = format;
	}
	function setNegativeRedNF(isRed)
	{
		this.negativeRed = isRed;
	}
	function setSeparatorsNF(isC, separator, decimal)
	{
		this.hasSeparators = isC;
		if (separator == null) separator = this.COMMA;
		if (decimal == null) decimal = this.PERIOD;
		if (separator == decimal) 
		{
			this.decimalValue = (decimal == this.PERIOD) ? this.COMMA : this.PERIOD;
		}else 
		{
			this.decimalValue = decimal;
		}
		this.separatorValue = separator;
	}
	function setCommasNF(isC)
	{
		this.setSeparators(isC, this.COMMA, this.PERIOD);
	}
	function setCurrencyNF(isC)
	{
		this.hasCurrency = isC;
	}
	function setCurrencyValueNF(val)
	{
		this.currencyValue = val;
	}
	function setCurrencyPrefixNF(cp)
	{
		this.setCurrencyValue(cp);
		this.setCurrencyPosition(this.LEFT_OUTSIDE);
	}
	function setCurrencyPositionNF(cp)
	{
		this.currencyPosition = cp
	}
	function setPlacesNF(p, tr)
	{
		this.roundToPlaces = !(p == this.NO_ROUNDING); 
		this.truncate = (tr != null && tr); 
		this.places = (p < 0) ? 0 : p; 
	}
	function addSeparatorsNF(nStr, inD, outD, sep)
	{
		nStr += '';
		var dpos = nStr.indexOf(inD);
		var nStrEnd = '';
		if (dpos != -1) {
			nStrEnd = outD + nStr.substring(dpos + 1, nStr.length);
			nStr = nStr.substring(0, dpos);
		}
		var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;
		while (rgx.test(nStr))
		{
			nStr = nStr.replace(rgx, '$1' + sep + '$2');
		}
	return nStr + nStrEnd;
	}
	function toFormattedNF()
	{	
		var pos;
		var nNum = this.num; 
		var nStr;            
		var splitString = new Array(2);   
			if (this.roundToPlaces)
			{
				nNum = this.getRounded(nNum);
				nStr = this.preserveZeros(Math.abs(nNum)); 
			}else
			{
				nStr = this.expandExponential(Math.abs(nNum)); 
			}
			if (this.hasSeparators)
			{
				nStr = this.addSeparators(nStr, this.PERIOD, this.decimalValue, this.separatorValue);
			}else
			{
				nStr = nStr.replace(new RegExp('\\' + this.PERIOD), this.decimalValue); 
			}
		var c0 = '';
		var n0 = '';
		var c1 = '';
		var n1 = '';
		var n2 = '';
		var c2 = '';
		var n3 = '';
		var c3 = '';
		var negSignL = (this.negativeFormat == this.PARENTHESIS) ? this.LEFT_PAREN : this.DASH;
		var negSignR = (this.negativeFormat == this.PARENTHESIS) ? this.RIGHT_PAREN : this.DASH;
		if (this.currencyPosition == this.LEFT_OUTSIDE) {
		if (nNum < 0) {
		if (this.negativeFormat == this.LEFT_DASH || this.negativeFormat == this.PARENTHESIS) n1 = negSignL;
		if (this.negativeFormat == this.RIGHT_DASH || this.negativeFormat == this.PARENTHESIS) n2 = negSignR;
		}
		if (this.hasCurrency) c0 = this.currencyValue;
		} else if (this.currencyPosition == this.LEFT_INSIDE) {
		if (nNum < 0) {
		if (this.negativeFormat == this.LEFT_DASH || this.negativeFormat == this.PARENTHESIS) n0 = negSignL;
		if (this.negativeFormat == this.RIGHT_DASH || this.negativeFormat == this.PARENTHESIS) n3 = negSignR;
		}
		if (this.hasCurrency) c1 = this.currencyValue;
		}
		else if (this.currencyPosition == this.RIGHT_INSIDE) {
		if (nNum < 0) {
		if (this.negativeFormat == this.LEFT_DASH || this.negativeFormat == this.PARENTHESIS) n0 = negSignL;
		if (this.negativeFormat == this.RIGHT_DASH || this.negativeFormat == this.PARENTHESIS) n3 = negSignR;
		}
		if (this.hasCurrency) c2 = this.currencyValue;
		}
		else if (this.currencyPosition == this.RIGHT_OUTSIDE) {
		if (nNum < 0) {
		if (this.negativeFormat == this.LEFT_DASH || this.negativeFormat == this.PARENTHESIS) n1 = negSignL;
		if (this.negativeFormat == this.RIGHT_DASH || this.negativeFormat == this.PARENTHESIS) n2 = negSignR;
		}
		if (this.hasCurrency) c3 = this.currencyValue;
		}
		nStr = c0 + n0 + c1 + n1 + nStr + n2 + c2 + n3 + c3;
		if (this.negativeRed && nNum < 0) {
		nStr = '<font color="red">' + nStr + '</font>';
		}
		return (nStr);
	}
	function toPercentageNF()
	{
		nNum = this.num * 100;
		nNum = this.getRounded(nNum);
	return nNum + '%';
	}
	function getZerosNF(places)
	{
		var extraZ = '';
		var i;
		for (i=0; i<places; i++) 
		{
			extraZ += '0';
		}
	return extraZ;
	}
	function expandExponentialNF(origVal)
	{
		if (isNaN(origVal)) return origVal;
		var newVal = parseFloat(origVal) + ''; 
		var eLoc = newVal.toLowerCase().indexOf('e');
		if (eLoc != -1) {
		var plusLoc = newVal.toLowerCase().indexOf('+');
		var negLoc = newVal.toLowerCase().indexOf('-', eLoc); 
		var justNumber = newVal.substring(0, eLoc);
		if (negLoc != -1) {
		var places = newVal.substring(negLoc + 1, newVal.length);
		justNumber = this.moveDecimalAsString(justNumber, true, parseInt(places));
		} else {
		if (plusLoc == -1) plusLoc = eLoc;
		var places = newVal.substring(plusLoc + 1, newVal.length);
		justNumber = this.moveDecimalAsString(justNumber, false, parseInt(places));
		}
		newVal = justNumber;
		}
		return newVal;
	} 
	function moveDecimalRightNF(val, places)
	{
		var newVal = '';
		if (places == null) 
		{
			newVal = this.moveDecimal(val, false);
		}else
		{
			newVal = this.moveDecimal(val, false, places);
		}
		return newVal;
	}
	function moveDecimalLeftNF(val, places)
	{
		var newVal = '';
		if (places == null) {
		newVal = this.moveDecimal(val, true);
		} else {
		newVal = this.moveDecimal(val, true, places);
		}
		return newVal;
	}
	function moveDecimalAsStringNF(val, left, places)
	{
		var spaces = (arguments.length < 3) ? this.places : places;
		if (spaces <= 0) return val; 
		var newVal = val + '';
		var extraZ = this.getZeros(spaces);
		var re1 = new RegExp('([0-9.]+)');
		if (left) 
		{
			newVal = newVal.replace(re1, extraZ + '$1');
			var re2 = new RegExp('(-?)([0-9]*)([0-9]{' + spaces + '})(\\.?)');		
			newVal = newVal.replace(re2, '$1$2.$3');
		}else 
		{
			var reArray = re1.exec(newVal); 
			if (reArray != null) {
				newVal = newVal.substring(0,reArray.index) + reArray[1] + extraZ + newVal.substring(reArray.index + reArray[0].length); 
			}
			var re2 = new RegExp('(-?)([0-9]*)(\\.?)([0-9]{' + spaces + '})');
			newVal = newVal.replace(re2, '$1$2$4.');
		}
		newVal = newVal.replace(/\.$/, ''); 
	return newVal;
	}
function moveDecimalNF(val, left, places)
{
var newVal = '';
if (places == null) {
newVal = this.moveDecimalAsString(val, left);
} else {
newVal = this.moveDecimalAsString(val, left, places);
}
return parseFloat(newVal);
}
function getRoundedNF(val)
{
val = this.moveDecimalRight(val);
if (this.truncate) {
val = val >= 0 ? Math.floor(val) : Math.ceil(val); 
} else {
val = Math.round(val);
}
val = this.moveDecimalLeft(val);
return val;
}
function preserveZerosNF(val)
{
var i;
val = this.expandExponential(val);
if (this.places <= 0) return val; 
var decimalPos = val.indexOf('.');
if (decimalPos == -1) {
val += '.';
for (i=0; i<this.places; i++) {
val += '0';
}
} else {
var actualDecimals = (val.length - 1) - decimalPos;
var difference = this.places - actualDecimals;
for (i=0; i<difference; i++) {
val += '0';
}
}
return val;
}
function justNumberNF(val)
{
newVal = val + '';
var isPercentage = false;
if (newVal.indexOf('%') != -1) {
newVal = newVal.replace(/\%/g, '');
isPercentage = true; 
}
var re = new RegExp('[^\\' + this.inputDecimalValue + '\\d\\-\\+\\(\\)eE]', 'g');	
newVal = newVal.replace(re, '');
var tempRe = new RegExp('[' + this.inputDecimalValue + ']', 'g');
var treArray = tempRe.exec(newVal); 
if (treArray != null) {
var tempRight = newVal.substring(treArray.index + treArray[0].length); 
newVal = newVal.substring(0,treArray.index) + this.PERIOD + tempRight.replace(tempRe, ''); 
}
if (newVal.charAt(newVal.length - 1) == this.DASH ) {
newVal = newVal.substring(0, newVal.length - 1);
newVal = '-' + newVal;
}
else if (newVal.charAt(0) == this.LEFT_PAREN
&& newVal.charAt(newVal.length - 1) == this.RIGHT_PAREN) {
newVal = newVal.substring(1, newVal.length - 1);
newVal = '-' + newVal;
}
newVal = parseFloat(newVal);
if (!isFinite(newVal)) {
newVal = 0;
}
if (isPercentage) {
newVal = this.moveDecimalLeft(newVal, 2);
}
return newVal;
}