/*
Taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10599933/convert-long-number-into-abbreviated-string-in-javascript-with-a-special-shortn
*/
function abbreviateNumber(value) {
var newValue = value;
if (value >= 1000) {
var suffixes = ["", "k", "m", "b","t"];
var suffixNum = Math.floor( (""+value).length/3 );
var shortValue = '';
for (var precision = 2; precision >= 1; precision--) {
shortValue = parseFloat( (suffixNum != 0 ? (value / Math.pow(1000,suffixNum) ) : value).toPrecision(precision));
var dotLessShortValue = (shortValue + '').replace(/[^a-zA-Z 0-9]+/g,'');
if (dotLessShortValue.length <= 2) { break; }
}
if (shortValue % 1 != 0) shortNum = shortValue.toFixed(1);
newValue = shortValue+suffixes[suffixNum];
}
return newValue;
}