A simple knockout extender which coerces values to integers.
npm install knockout-integer
Then add knockout-integer.js to your project.
require the script in your bundle. Then:
varmyNumber=ko.observable().extend({integer: 0/* optional default value if it cannot be coerced to integer */});myNumber("17000");console.log(myNumber());//17000console.log(myNumber.formatted());//17,000