[@nexim/sanitizer](../README.md) / sanitizeNumberToEnglish

# Function: sanitizeNumberToEnglish()

## Call Signature

> **sanitizeNumberToEnglish**(`number`: `number`): `number`

Sanitizes a number to English format. If input is already a number, returns it as-is.
If input is a string, converts Unicode digits to English and validates it's a valid number.

### Parameters

| Parameter | Type     | Description                              |
| --------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| `number`  | `number` | The input to sanitize (number or string) |

### Returns

`number`

The sanitized number or string, or null if invalid

### Example

```ts
sanitizeNumberToEnglish(123); // returns 123
sanitizeNumberToEnglish('۱۲۳'); // returns '123'
sanitizeNumberToEnglish('abc'); // returns null
```

## Call Signature

> **sanitizeNumberToEnglish**\<`T`\>(`number`: `T`): `null` \| `number`

Sanitizes a number to English format. If input is already a number, returns it as-is.
If input is a string, converts Unicode digits to English and validates it's a valid number.

### Type Parameters

| Type Parameter |
| -------------- |
| `T`            |

### Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description                              |
| --------- | ---- | ---------------------------------------- |
| `number`  | `T`  | The input to sanitize (number or string) |

### Returns

`null` \| `number`

The sanitized number or string, or null if invalid

### Example

```ts
sanitizeNumberToEnglish(123); // returns 123
sanitizeNumberToEnglish('۱۲۳'); // returns '123'
sanitizeNumberToEnglish('abc'); // returns null
```