How to avoid scientific notation for large numbers in JavaScript?

Question

JavaScript converts a large INT to scientific notation when the number becomes large. How can I prevent this from happening?

Answer 1

Here is my short variant of Number.prototype.toFixed method that works with any number:

Number.prototype.toFixedSpecial = function(n) {
  var str = this.toFixed(n);
  if (str.indexOf('e+') === -1)
    return str;

  // if number is in scientific notation, pick (b)ase and (p)ower
  str = str.replace('.', '').split('e+').reduce(function(p, b) {
    return p + Array(b - p.length + 2).join(0);
  });
  
  if (n > 0)
    str += '.' + Array(n + 1).join(0);
  
  return str;
};

console.log( 1e21.toFixedSpecial(2) );       // "1000000000000000000000.00"
console.log( 2.1e24.toFixedSpecial(0) );     // "2100000000000000000000000"
console.log( 1234567..toFixedSpecial(1) );   // "1234567.0"
console.log( 1234567.89.toFixedSpecial(3) ); // "1234567.890"