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/** @preserve jQuery animateNumber plugin v0.0.13
 * (c) 2013, Alexandr Borisov.
 * [url]https://github.com/aishek/jquery-animateNumber[/url]
 */
 
// ['...'] notation using to avoid names minification by Google Closure Compiler
(function($) {
  var reverse = function(value) {
    return value.split('').reverse().join('');
  };
 
  var defaults = {
    numberStep: function(now, tween) {
      var floored_number = Math.floor(now),
          target = $(tween.elem);
 
      target.text(floored_number);
    }
  };
 
  var handle = function( tween ) {
    var elem = tween.elem;
    if ( elem.nodeType && elem.parentNode ) {
      var handler = elem._animateNumberSetter;
      if (!handler) {
        handler = defaults.numberStep;
      }
      handler(tween.now, tween);
    }
  };
 
  if (!$.Tween || !$.Tween.propHooks) {
    $.fx.step.number = handle;
  } else {
    $.Tween.propHooks.number = {
      set: handle
    };
  }
 
  var extract_number_parts = function(separated_number, group_length) {
    var numbers = separated_number.split('').reverse(),
        number_parts = [],
        current_number_part,
        current_index,
        q;
 
    for(var i = 0, l = Math.ceil(separated_number.length / group_length); i < l; i++) {
      current_number_part = '';
      for(q = 0; q < group_length; q++) {
        current_index = i * group_length + q;
        if (current_index === separated_number.length) {
          break;
        }
 
        current_number_part = current_number_part + numbers[current_index];
      }
      number_parts.push(current_number_part);
    }
 
    return number_parts;
  };
 
  var remove_precending_zeros = function(number_parts) {
    var last_index = number_parts.length - 1,
        last = reverse(number_parts[last_index]);
 
    number_parts[last_index] = reverse(parseInt(last, 10).toString());
    return number_parts;
  };
 
  $.animateNumber = {
    numberStepFactories: {
      /**
       * Creates numberStep handler, which appends string to floored animated number on each step.
       *
       * @example
       * // will animate to 100 with "1 %", "2 %", "3 %", ...
       * $('#someid').animateNumber({
       *   number: 100,
       *   numberStep: $.animateNumber.numberStepFactories.append(' %')
       * });
       *
       * @params {String} suffix string to append to animated number
       * @returns {Function} numberStep-compatible function for use in animateNumber's parameters
       */
      append: function(suffix) {
        return function(now, tween) {
          var floored_number = Math.floor(now),
              target = $(tween.elem);
 
          target.prop('number', now).text(floored_number + suffix);
        };
      },
 
      /**
       * Creates numberStep handler, which format floored numbers by separating them to groups.
       *
       * @example
       * // will animate with 1 ... 217,980 ... 95,217,980 ... 7,095,217,980
       * $('#world-population').animateNumber({
       *    number: 7095217980,
       *    numberStep: $.animateNumber.numberStepFactories.separator(',')
       * });
       * @example
       * // will animate with 1% ... 217,980% ... 95,217,980% ... 7,095,217,980%
       * $('#salesIncrease').animateNumber({
       *   number: 7095217980,
       *   numberStep: $.animateNumber.numberStepFactories.separator(',', 3, '%')
       * });
       *
       * @params {String} [separator=' '] string to separate number groups
       * @params {String} [group_length=3] number group length
       * @params {String} [suffix=''] suffix to append to number
       * @returns {Function} numberStep-compatible function for use in animateNumber's parameters
       */
      separator: function(separator, group_length, suffix) {
        separator = separator || ' ';
        group_length = group_length || 3;
        suffix = suffix || '';
 
        return function(now, tween) {
          var floored_number = Math.floor(now),
              separated_number = floored_number.toString(),
              target = $(tween.elem);
 
          if (separated_number.length > group_length) {
            var number_parts = extract_number_parts(separated_number, group_length);
 
            separated_number = remove_precending_zeros(number_parts).join(separator);
            separated_number = reverse(separated_number);
          }
 
          target.prop('number', now).text(separated_number + suffix);
        };
      }
    }
  };
 
  $.fn.animateNumber = function() {
    var options = arguments[0],
        settings = $.extend({}, defaults, options),
 
        target = $(this),
        args = [settings];
 
    for(var i = 1, l = arguments.length; i < l; i++) {
      args.push(arguments[i]);
    }
 
    // needs of custom step function usage
    if (options.numberStep) {
      // assigns custom step functions
      var items = this.each(function(){
        this._animateNumberSetter = options.numberStep;
      });
 
      // cleanup of custom step functions after animation
      var generic_complete = settings.complete;
      settings.complete = function() {
        items.each(function(){
          delete this._animateNumberSetter;
        });
 
        if ( generic_complete ) {
          generic_complete.apply(this, arguments);
        }
      };
    }
 
    return target.animate.apply(target, args);
  };
 
}(jQuery));