Modify scope variable - php

Question

I had a string variable in php with this value 000001422 and I used to modify it in order to display it in a better way:
<?php
$hits = "000001422";
$var = (int)$hits;
$var = abbreviateNumber($var);
echo $var; ?>
This is the function to crop and abbreviate the number in something like 1,4k
function abbreviateNumber(value) {
var newValue = value;
if (value >= 1000) {
var suffixes = ["", "k", "m", "b","t"];
var suffixNum = Math.floor( (""+value).length/3 );
var shortValue = '';
for (var precision = 2; precision >= 1; precision--) {
shortValue = parseFloat( (suffixNum != 0 ? (value / Math.pow(1000,suffixNum) ) : value).toPrecision(precision));
var dotLessShortValue = (shortValue + '').replace(/[^a-zA-Z 0-9]+/g,'');
if (dotLessShortValue.length <= 2) { break; }
}
if (shortValue % 1 != 0) shortNum = shortValue.toFixed(1);
newValue = shortValue+suffixes[suffixNum];
}
return newValue;
}
This worked great.
Now I'm trying to switch my code to AngularJS (I'm still learning it) so my value it's not a php variable but a scope variable received from an $http request. I have something like {{x.count}} which is my 000001422 but I would like to display it in the same way I did before.
I tryed to $hits = "{{x.count}}"; but it's not working and I think it's not the right approach. Can you address me in the right way to handle this?
EDIT:
I removed the initial zeros converting the value into an int with {{x.count - 0}} but still need to apply my abbreviate function.