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

Question

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 1

Oneliner of all 6 possible translations between English, Arabic, and persian Digits.

const e2p = s => s.replace(/\d/g, d => '۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹'[d])
const e2a = s => s.replace(/\d/g, d => '٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩'[d])

const p2e = s => s.replace(/[۰-۹]/g, d => '۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹'.indexOf(d))
const a2e = s => s.replace(/[٠-٩]/g, d => '٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩'.indexOf(d))

const p2a = s => s.replace(/[۰-۹]/g, d => '٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩'['۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹'.indexOf(d)])
const a2p = s => s.replace(/[٠-٩]/g, d => '۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹'['٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩'.indexOf(d)])

e2p("asdf1234") // asdf۱۲۳۴
e2a("asdf1234") // asdf١٢٣٤
p2e("asdf۱۲۳۴") // asdf1234
a2e("asdf١٢٣٤") // asdf1234
p2a("asdf۱۲۳۴") // asdf١٢٣٤
a2p("asdf١٢٣٤") // asdf۱۲۳۴

Explaination:

• (s => f(s))(x) is a lambda function that is immediately executed, and will be equal to f(x)
• s.replace(pattern, function) looks for matches of pattern in s, for every match m it will replace m with function(m) in the string.
• /\d/g is a regex pattern, \d means a digit in the English language, g means global. If you don't specify the g it will only match the first occurrence, otherwise it will match all the occurrences.
• In this case for every English digit d in the string, that digit will be replaced by '۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹'[d] so, 3 will be replaced by the third index in that list('۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹') which is '۳'
• /[۰-۹]/g is the equivalent regex for Persian digits this time we can't use the same method, before we took advantage of the fact that javascript is dynamically typed and that d is automatically converted from a string(regex match) to a number(array index) (you can do '1234'['1'] in javascript which is the same as '1234'[1])
• but this time we can't do that because '1234'['۱'] is invalid. so we use a trick here and use indexOf which is a function that tells us the index of an element in an array(here a character in a string) so, '۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹'.indexOf(۳) will give us 3 because '۳' is the third index in the string '۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹'

Answer 2

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);

Refrence

Answer 3

this is a simple way to do that:

function toEnglishDigits(str) {

    // convert persian digits [۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹]
    var e = '۰'.charCodeAt(0);
    str = str.replace(/[۰-۹]/g, function(t) {
        return t.charCodeAt(0) - e;
    });

    // convert arabic indic digits [٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩]
    e = '٠'.charCodeAt(0);
    str = str.replace(/[٠-٩]/g, function(t) {
        return t.charCodeAt(0) - e;
    });
    return str;
}

an example:

console.log(toEnglishDigits("abc[0123456789][٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩][۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹]"));
// expected result => abc[0123456789][0123456789][0123456789]

Answer 4

best way to do that return index of number in array:

String.prototype.toEnglishDigits = function () {
    return this.replace(/[۰-۹]/g, function (chr) {
        var persian = ['۰', '۱', '۲', '۳', '۴', '۵', '۶', '۷', '۸', '۹'];
        return persian.indexOf(chr);
    });
};

Answer 5

Short and easy!

"۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹".replace(/([۰-۹])/g, function(token) { return String.fromCharCode(token.charCodeAt(0) - 1728); });

Or in a more modern manner

"۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹".replace(/([۰-۹])/g, token => String.fromCharCode(token.charCodeAt(0) - 1728));

Answer 6

If the string may contain both "Arabic" and "Persian" numbers then a one-line "replace" can do the job as follows.

The Arabic and Persian numbers are converted to English equivalents. Other text remains unchanged.

Num= "۳٣۶٦۵any٥۵٤۶32٠۰";     // Output should be "33665any55453200"

Num = Num.replace(/[٠-٩]/g, d => "٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩".indexOf(d)).replace(/[۰-۹]/g, d => "۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹".indexOf(d));

console.log(Num);

Answer 7

The most High Performance (Fast & Accurate) function that can support both Persian/Arabic digits (Unicode numeral characters) is this:

function toEnDigit(s) {
    return s.replace(/[\u0660-\u0669\u06f0-\u06f9]/g,    // Detect all Persian/Arabic Digit in range of their Unicode with a global RegEx character set
        function(a) { return a.charCodeAt(0) & 0xf }     // Remove the Unicode base(2) range that not match
    )
}

sample='English: 0123456789 - Persian: ۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹ - Arabic: ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩';
     // English: 0123456789 - Persian: 0123456789 - Arabic: 0123456789

console.log( toEnDigit(sample) );

How it work

First by using replace() + RegEx Character Set in range of Arabic Digit Unicode U+0660 - U+0669 = ٠ ... ۹ & Persian Digit Unicode U+06F0 - U+06F9 = ۰ ... ۹ it will detect any character of the string that match it.

Then because Basic Latin Digits (ASCII) have same ends in Unicode U+0030 - U+0039=0-9, So if we remove the difference of them in base, the end can be same.
For that we can use Bitwise AND (&) operation between their Char-code by using charCodeAt() to just the same part stay.

Explain:

// x86 (Base 10) --> Binary (Base 2)

'٤'.charCodeAt(0);   // 1636 (Base 10)
'۴'.charCodeAt(0);   // 1780 (Base 10)

(1636).toString(2);  // 0000000000000000000001100110 0100 (Base 2)
(1780).toString(2);  // 0000000000000000000001101111 0100 (Base 2)
(4).toString(2);     // 0000000000000000000000000000 0100 (Base 2)

// We need a         // 0000000000000000000000000000 1111 (Base 2)
// To And it, for keeping just the 1's
// 0xf = 15
(15).toString(2);    // 0000000000000000000000000000 1111 (Base 2)

// So
(
1780                 // 0000000000000000000001101111 0100 (Base 2)
&                    // AND (Operation)
15                   // 0000000000000000000000000000 1111 (Base 2)
)
==
4                    // 0000000000000000000000000000 0100 (Base 2)  
// ---> true       

// Also              (1636 & 15) == 4    <--- true

Minified version (All Browsers):

function toEnDigit(s){return s.replace(/[\u0660-\u0669\u06f0-\u06f9]/g,function(a){return a.charCodeAt(0)&15})}

OneLiner (Modern Browsers)

const toEnDigit=s=>s.replace(/[٠-٩۰-۹]/g,a=>a.charCodeAt(0)&15);

Answer 8

You could do something like this that uses the index of the number within the string to do the conversion:

// Returns -1 if `fromNum` is not a numeric character
function convertNumber(fromNum) {
    var persianNums = '۰١۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹';
    return persianNums.indexOf(fromNum);
}

var testNum = '۴';
alert("number is: " + convertNumber(testNum));

Or map using a object like this:

// Returns -1 if `fromNum` is not a numeric character
function convertNumber(fromNum) {
    var result;
    var arabicMap = {
        '٩': 9,
        '٨': 8,
        '٧': 7,
        '٦': 6,
        '٥': 5,
        '٤': 4,
        '٣': 3,
        '٢': 2,
        '١': 1,
        '٠': 0
    };
    result = arabicMap[fromNum];
    if (result === undefined) {
        result = -1;
    }
    return result;
}

var testNum = '٤';
alert("number is: " + convertNumber(testNum));

Answer 9

Transforms any Persian or Arabic (or mixed) number to "English" numbers (Hindu–Arabic numerals)

var transformNumbers = (function(){
    var numerals = {
        persian : ["۰", "۱", "۲", "۳", "۴", "۵", "۶", "۷", "۸", "۹"],
        arabic  : ["٠", "١", "٢", "٣", "٤", "٥", "٦", "٧", "٨", "٩"]
    };

    function fromEnglish(str, lang){
        var i, len = str.length, result = "";

        for( i = 0; i < len; i++ )
            result += numerals[lang][str[i]]; 

        return result;
    }

    return {
        toNormal : function(str){
            var num, i, len = str.length, result = "";

            for( i = 0; i < len; i++ ){
                num = numerals["persian"].indexOf(str[i]);
                num = num != -1 ? num : numerals["arabic"].indexOf(str[i]);
                if( num == -1 ) num = str[i];
                result += num; 
            }
              
            return result;
        },

        toPersian : function(str, lang){
            return fromEnglish(str, "persian");
        },

        toArabic : function(str){
            return fromEnglish(str, "arabic");
        }
    }
})();

//////// ON INPUT EVENT //////////////

document.querySelectorAll('input')[0].addEventListener('input', onInput_Normal);
document.querySelectorAll('input')[1].addEventListener('input', onInput_Arabic);

function onInput_Arabic(){
   var _n = transformNumbers.toArabic(this.value);
   console.clear();
   console.log( _n )
}

function onInput_Normal(){
   var _n = transformNumbers.toNormal(this.value);
   console.clear();
   console.log( _n )
}

input{ width:90%; margin-bottom:1em; font-size:1.5em; padding:5px; }

<input placeholder="write in Arabic numerals">

<input placeholder="write in normal numerals">

Answer 10

function toEnglishDigits(str) {
  const persianNumbers = ["۱", "۲", "۳", "۴", "۵", "۶", "۷", "۸", "۹", "۰"]
  const arabicNumbers = ["١", "٢", "٣", "٤", "٥", "٦", "٧", "٨", "٩", "٠"]
  const englishNumbers = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "0"]
  
  return str.split("").map(c => englishNumbers[persianNumbers.indexOf(c)] ||
      englishNumbers[arabicNumbers.indexOf(c)] || c).join("")
}

toEnglishDigits("۶٦۵any٥32") // "665any532"

Answer 11

You can use the new Persian-tools library which is an awesome javascript library to deal with Persian words and numbers. Here is a sample for the task you asked for it:

import { digitsArToFa, digitsArToEn, digitsEnToFa, digitsFaToEn } from "persian-tools2";

digitsArToFa("٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩"); // "۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹"
digitsArToEn("٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩"); // "0123456789"
digitsEnToFa("123۴۵۶"); // "۱۲۳۴۵۶"
digitsFaToEn("۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹"); // "0123456789"

You can also find many other useful functionalities on the repository page of the library.

Answer 12

Based on MMMahdy-PAPION method, a short one-line to convert both Persian and Arabic numbers to English numbers and keep all other characters unchanged is the following:

const toEnDigit=n=>n.replace(/[٠-٩۰-۹]/g,n=>15&n.charCodeAt(0));

const toEnDigit=n=>n.replace(/[٠-٩۰-۹]/g,n=>15&n.charCodeAt(0));


sample='English: 0123456789 - Persian (فارسی): ۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹ - Arabic (عربي): ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩';
// English: 0123456789 - Persian: 0123456789 - Arabic: 0123456789

console.log(toEnDigit(sample) );

Answer 13

For React solution using typescript this might be useful:

// https://gist.github.com/alieslamifard/364862613408a98139da3cab40abbeb9

import React, { InputHTMLAttributes, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';

// Persian/Arabic To English Digit
const f2e = (event) => {
  event.target.value = event.target.value
    .replace(/[٠-٩]/g, (d) => '٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩'.indexOf(d))
    .replace(/[۰-۹]/g, (d) => '۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹'.indexOf(d));

  return event;
};

const useForwardedRef = (ref) => {
  const innerRef = useRef(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (!ref) return;
    if (typeof ref === 'function') {
      ref(innerRef.current);
    } else {
      ref.current = innerRef.current;
    }
  }, [ref]);

  return innerRef;
};

const Input = React.forwardRef<HTMLInputElement, InputHTMLAttributes<HTMLInputElement>>(
  (props, ref) => {
    const innerRef = useForwardedRef(ref);

    useEffect(() => {
      innerRef.current?.addEventListener('keyup', f2e);

      return () => {
        innerRef.current?.removeEventListener('keyup', f2e);
      };
    }, [innerRef]);

    return <input {...props} ref={innerRef} />;
  },
);

export default Input;

Simply use Input instead of native input in your form :)

Answer 14

const convertToPersianDigits = (number) => number.toLocaleString('fa-IR')

convertToPersianDigits(100000)    //۱۰۰٬۰۰۰

Answer 15

If you have your number string (a string representing a number) at hand, here is a function called paserNumber that converts that into an actual JS Number object:

function parseNumber(numberText: string) {
    return Number(
        // Convert Persian (and Arabic) digits to Latin digits
        normalizeDigits(numberText)
        // Convert Persian/Arabic decimal separator to English decimal separator (dot)
        .replace(/٫/g, ".")
        // Remove other characters such as thousands separators
        .replace(/[^\d.]/g, "")
    );
}

const persianDigitsRegex = [/۰/g, /۱/g, /۲/g, /۳/g, /۴/g, /۵/g, /۶/g, /۷/g, /۸/g, /۹/g];
const arabicDigitsRegex = [/٠/g, /١/g, /٢/g, /٣/g, /٤/g, /٥/g, /٦/g, /٧/g, /٨/g, /٩/g];

function normalizeDigits(text: string) {
    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
        text = text
                .replace(persianDigitsRegex[i], i.toString())
                .replace(arabicDigitsRegex[i], i.toString());
    }
    return text;
}

Note that the parse function is quite forgiving and the number string can be a combination of Persian/Arabic/Latin numerals and separators.

After getting a Number you can format it however you want with Number.toLocaleString function:

let numberString = "۱۲۳۴.5678";
let number = parseNumber(numberString);
val formatted1 = number.toLocaleString("fa"); // OR "fa-IR" for IRAN
val formatted2 = number.toLocaleString("en"); // OR "en-US" for USA
val formatted3 = number.toLocaleString("ar-EG"); // OR "ar" which uses western numerals

For more information about formatting numbers, refer to this answer.