purescript-currency

Type-safe, arbitrary-precision money library for PureScript. Built on native JavaScript BigInt via purescript-js-bigints — no floating point, no precision loss, no upper limit.

Money amounts are stored as integer minor units (e.g. cents) with a phantom type parameter tracking the currency at compile time, preventing accidental mixing of different currencies.

Installation

spago install currency

Quick start

import Data.Currency (Money, mkMoney, add, mulRate, allocate, toDecimal, RoundingMode(..))

-- Type-safe: Money "EUR" and Money "USD" cannot be mixed
price :: Money "EUR"
price = mkMoney 99 99

-- 19% VAT — no floats, pure integer math
vat :: Money "EUR"
vat = mulRate RoundHalfEven price 19 100

total :: Money "EUR"
total = add price vat

-- Split a bill three ways, remainder distributed fairly
parts :: Array (Money "EUR")
parts = allocate total [1, 1, 1]

-- Format for display
formatted :: String
formatted = toDecimal total  -- "118.99"

Why not just use Number?

JavaScript's Number type is IEEE 754 double-precision float:

> 0.1 + 0.2
0.30000000000000004

For financial calculations this is unacceptable. This library stores all amounts as BigInt integer cents — exact arithmetic with no rounding errors and no upper limit.

Feature comparison

Feature	bigint-money	Dinero.js	purescript-currency
Add / Subtract	yes	yes	yes
Multiply (scalar)	yes	yes	yes (mulInt)
Multiply (rate / percentage)	yes	yes	yes (mulRate)
Divide with rounding	yes	—	yes
Power / exponent	yes	—	yes
Negate	yes	—	yes
Abs	yes	—	yes
Sign (-1 / 0 / 1)	yes	—	yes
Compare (Ordering)	yes	yes	yes
Eq / Ord operators	—	—	yes (type class)
isZero / isPositive / isNegative	—	yes	yes
minimum / maximum	—	yes	yes
hasSubUnits	—	yes	yes
haveSameAmount	—	yes	yes
Allocate (by ratios)	yes	yes	yes
Split (equal parts)	—	—	yes
toFixed	yes	—	yes
toDecimal	—	yes	yes
toUnits (major / minor)	—	yes	yes
toJSON / fromJSON	yes	—	yes
Currency conversion	runtime	yes	yes
Currency safety	runtime check	runtime check	compile-time (phantom type)
CurrencyScale class	—	—	yes
Rounding modes	4	8	8
Scale normalization	implicit	yes	n/a (fixed scale per currency)
Arbitrary precision	yes (BigInt)	yes (BigInt)	yes (BigInt)

Key advantages over JS libraries

• Compile-time currency safety — add (eurAmount) (usdAmount) is a type error, not a runtime exception
• 8 rounding modes including banker's rounding (RoundHalfEven), matching Dinero.js
• No floating point anywhere — rates are expressed as integer numerator/denominator
• Zero JS dependencies — uses native BigInt via purescript-js-bigints

API

Construction

-- From major + minor units with explicit scale
money :: forall c. Int -> Int -> Int -> Money c
money 10 50 100  -- 10.50 in a 2-decimal currency

-- From major + minor units using CurrencyScale
mkMoney :: forall c. CurrencyScale c => Int -> Int -> Money c
mkMoney 10 50 :: Money "EUR"  -- EUR 10.50

-- From raw minor units
fromCents :: forall c. BigInt -> Money c

-- From a Number (goes through float — use for interop only)
fromNumber :: forall c. Int -> Number -> Maybe (Money c)

Arithmetic

add      :: forall c. Money c -> Money c -> Money c
subtract :: forall c. Money c -> Money c -> Money c
negate   :: forall c. Money c -> Money c
abs      :: forall c. Money c -> Money c

-- Operators work too: price + tax, total - discount

Scaling

-- Multiply by integer
mulInt :: forall c. Money c -> Int -> Money c

-- Multiply by rational rate (no floats!)
-- 19% VAT: mulRate RoundHalfEven amount 19 100
mulRate :: forall c. RoundingMode -> Money c -> Int -> Int -> Money c

-- Divide with rounding (does NOT preserve total — use allocate for that)
divide :: forall c. RoundingMode -> Money c -> Int -> Money c

-- Exponentiation
pow :: forall c. Money c -> Int -> Money c

Allocation

-- Distribute by ratios with fair remainder distribution
-- allocate (eur 100 0) [1, 1, 1] = [EUR 33.34, EUR 33.33, EUR 33.33]
allocate :: forall c. Money c -> Array Int -> Array (Money c)

-- Equal split (shorthand for allocate with equal ratios)
split :: forall c. Money c -> Int -> Array (Money c)

Comparison

compare :: forall c. Money c -> Money c -> Ordering
sign    :: forall c. Money c -> Int  -- -1, 0, or 1

isZero     :: forall c. Money c -> Boolean
isPositive :: forall c. Money c -> Boolean
isNegative :: forall c. Money c -> Boolean

minimum :: forall c. Array (Money c) -> Maybe (Money c)
maximum :: forall c. Array (Money c) -> Maybe (Money c)

-- Compare amounts across different currencies (ignoring currency)
haveSameAmount :: forall c1 c2. Money c1 -> Money c2 -> Boolean

hasSubUnits :: forall c. Int -> Money c -> Boolean

Formatting

-- Format with explicit decimal places
toFixed :: forall c. Int -> Money c -> String
toFixed 2 (fromCents 1050)  -- "10.50"

-- Format using the currency's known scale
toDecimal :: forall c. CurrencyScale c => Money c -> String
toDecimal (mkMoney 10 50 :: Money "EUR")  -- "10.50"
toDecimal (mkMoney 500 0 :: Money "JPY")  -- "500"

-- Split into major/minor BigInt pair
toUnits :: forall c. Int -> Money c -> Tuple BigInt BigInt

Serialization

toJSON   :: forall c. IsSymbol c => Money c -> Tuple String String
fromJSON :: forall c. Tuple String String -> Maybe (Money c)

Currency conversion

-- Rate as numerator/denominator to avoid floats
-- EUR to USD at 1.0835: convert RoundHalfEven eurAmount 10835 10000
convert :: forall from to. RoundingMode -> Money from -> Int -> Int -> Money to

Rounding modes

Mode	Behavior	Example (3.5)
RoundDown	Toward negative infinity	3
RoundUp	Toward positive infinity	4
RoundToZero	Toward zero (truncate)	3
RoundFromZero	Away from zero	4
RoundHalfEven	Banker's rounding (half to nearest even)	4
RoundHalfOdd	Half to nearest odd	3
RoundHalfUp	Half away from zero	4
RoundHalfDown	Half toward zero	3

CurrencyScale

Built-in scales for common currencies:

Currency	Scale	Decimals
EUR, USD, GBP, CHF	100	2
JPY	1	0
BHD, KWD	1000	3

Add your own:

instance CurrencyScale "SEK" where scale _ = 100

License

Apache-2.0