Short and fast solution (works everywhere!)
(12345.67).toFixed(2).replace(/\d(?=(\d{3})+\.)/g, '$&,'); // 12,345.67
The idea behind this solution is replacing matched sections with first match and comma, i.e. '$&,'. The matching is done using lookahead approach. You may read the expression as "match a number if it is followed by a sequence of three number sets (one or more) and a dot".
TESTS:
1 --> "1.00"
12 --> "12.00"
123 --> "123.00"
1234 --> "1,234.00"
12345 --> "12,345.00"
123456 --> "123,456.00"
1234567 --> "1,234,567.00"
12345.67 --> "12,345.67"
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/hAfMM/9571/
Extended short solution
You can also extend the prototype of Number object to add additional support of any number of decimals [0 .. n] and the size of number groups [0 .. x]:
/**
* Number.prototype.format(n, x)
*
* @param integer n: length of decimal
* @param integer x: length of sections
*/
Number.prototype.format = function(n, x) {
var re = '\\d(?=(\\d{' + (x || 3) + '})+' + (n > 0 ? '\\.' : '$') + ')';
return this.toFixed(Math.max(0, ~~n)).replace(new RegExp(re, 'g'), '$&,');
};
1234..format(); // "1,234"
12345..format(2); // "12,345.00"
123456.7.format(3, 2); // "12,34,56.700"
123456.789.format(2, 4); // "12,3456.79"
DEMO / TESTS: http://jsfiddle.net/hAfMM/435/
Super extended short solution
In this super extended version you may set different delimiter types:
/**
* Number.prototype.format(n, x, s, c)
*
* @param integer n: length of decimal
* @param integer x: length of whole part
* @param mixed s: sections delimiter
* @param mixed c: decimal delimiter
*/
Number.prototype.format = function(n, x, s, c) {
var re = '\\d(?=(\\d{' + (x || 3) + '})+' + (n > 0 ? '\\D' : '$') + ')',
num = this.toFixed(Math.max(0, ~~n));
return (c ? num.replace('.', c) : num).replace(new RegExp(re, 'g'), '$&' + (s || ','));
};
12345678.9.format(2, 3, '.', ','); // "12.345.678,90"
123456.789.format(4, 4, ' ', ':'); // "12 3456:7890"
12345678.9.format(0, 3, '-'); // "12-345-679"
DEMO / TESTS: http://jsfiddle.net/hAfMM/612/