Format number to always show 2 decimal places

Question

I would like to format my numbers to always display 2 decimal places, rounding where applicable.

Examples:

number     display
------     -------
1            


        

Answer 1

If you're already using jQuery, you could look at using the jQuery Number Format plugin.

The plugin can return formatted numbers as a string, you can set decimal, and thousands separators, and you can choose the number of decimals to show.

$.number( 123, 2 ); // Returns '123.00'

You can also get jQuery Number Format from GitHub.