Function getFormatObj

src/plots/plots.js:649–690

* getFormatObj: use _context to get the format object from locale. * Used to get d3.locale argument object and extraFormat argument object * * Regarding d3.locale argument : * decimal and thousands can be overridden later by layout.separators * grouping and currency are not presently used by ou

(gd, formatKeys)

 * @returns {object} d3.locale format object
 */
function getFormatObj(gd, formatKeys) {
    var locale = gd._context.locale;
    if(!locale) locale = 'en-US';

    var formatDone = false;
    var formatObj = {};

    function includeFormat(newFormat) {
        var formatFinished = true;
        for(var i = 0; i < formatKeys.length; i++) {
            var formatKey = formatKeys[i];
            if(!formatObj[formatKey]) {
                if(newFormat[formatKey]) {
                    formatObj[formatKey] = newFormat[formatKey];
                } else formatFinished = false;
            }
        }
        if(formatFinished) formatDone = true;
    }

    // same as localize, look for format parts in each format spec in the chain
    for(var i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
        var locales = gd._context.locales;
        for(var j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
            var formatj = (locales[locale] || {}).format;
            if(formatj) {
                includeFormat(formatj);
                if(formatDone) break;
            }
            locales = Registry.localeRegistry;
        }

        var baseLocale = locale.split('-')[0];
        if(formatDone || baseLocale === locale) break;
        locale = baseLocale;
    }

    // lastly pick out defaults from english (non-US, as DMY is so much more common)
    if(!formatDone) includeFormat(Registry.localeRegistry.en.format);

    return formatObj;
}

/**
 * getFormatter: combine the final separators with the locale formatting object