function dollarFormat (origNumber) {
	var procNum = 0;
	if (typeof(origNumber) == 'string')
		procNum = parseFloat(origNumber);
	else if (typeof(origNumber) == 'number')
		procNum = origNumber;
	else
		return '';
	var isNegative = (procNum < 0) ? true : false;
	procNum = Math.abs(procNum);
	var numStr = (Math.round(procNum * 100)).toString();
	if (numStr.length == 0 || numStr == '0') {
		return ((isNegative) ? '-' : '') + '$0.00';
	} else if (numStr.length == 1) {
		return ((isNegative) ? '-' : '') + '$0.0' + numStr;
	} else if (numStr.length == 2) {
		return ((isNegative) ? '-' : '') + '$0.' + numStr;
	} else {
		var dollarStr = numStr.substring(0, (numStr.length - 2));
		var centStr = numStr.slice(-2);
		var dollarOutStr = '';
		for (var charItr = dollarStr.length; charItr >= 0; charItr--) {
			dollarOutStr = ((((dollarStr.length - charItr) % 3) == 0 && dollarStr.length != charItr && charItr != 0) ? "," : "") + dollarStr.charAt(charItr) + dollarOutStr;
		}
		return ((isNegative) ? '-' : '') + '$' + dollarOutStr + '.' + centStr;
	}
}