function formatNumber(number)
{
var num = new NumberFormat();
num.setInputDecimal('.');
num.setNumber(number); // obj.value is '-1000.247'
//num.setPlaces('2', false);
//num.setCurrencyValue('â~B¬');
//num.setCurrency(false);
num.setCurrencyPosition(num.RIGHT_OUTSIDE);
num.setNegativeFormat(num.LEFT_DASH);
num.setNegativeRed(false);
num.setSeparators(true, ' ', '.');
return num.toFormatted();

}