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

The following solution bypasses the automatic exponentional formatting for very big and very small numbers. This is outis's solution with a bugfix: It was not working for very small negative numbers.

function numberToString(num)
{
    let numStr = String(num);

    if (Math.abs(num) < 1.0)
    {
        let e = parseInt(num.toString().split('e-')[1]);
        if (e)
        {
            let negative = num < 0;
            if (negative) num *= -1
            num *= Math.pow(10, e - 1);
            numStr = '0.' + (new Array(e)).join('0') + num.toString().substring(2);
            if (negative) numStr = "-" + numStr;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        let e = parseInt(num.toString().split('+')[1]);
        if (e > 20)
        {
            e -= 20;
            num /= Math.pow(10, e);
            numStr = num.toString() + (new Array(e + 1)).join('0');
        }
    }

    return numStr;
}

// testing ...
console.log(numberToString(+0.0000000000000000001));
console.log(numberToString(-0.0000000000000000001));
console.log(numberToString(+314564649798762418795));
console.log(numberToString(-314564649798762418795));