title: How to create a dollar amount input field in an HTML form?
body: <p>I have an HTML form I've created that has a field that needs to take a dollar amount.</p>
  
  <p>From what I've read, JavaScript doesn't recognize decimals as numeric components and the accepted practice is to take input in cents rather than deal with dollar amounts. </p>
  
  <p>Problem is, the form I'm writing submits to a function that reads the form input and performs some actions with them and takes this dollar amount as text in the format ##.## and will reject any input not in this exact format.  </p>
  
  <p>What I'm wondering is: is it possible to create a text box that has takes 5 characters and sets the third character as a permanent decimal point?  </p>
  
  <p>If not, is there any way I can use JS validation to ensure that the input is in the proper format? </p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>