Formatting a number with exactly two decimals in JavaScript

Question

I have this line of code which rounds my numbers to two decimal places. But I get numbers like this: 10.8, 2.4, etc. These are not my idea of two decimal places so how I can

Answer 1

I usually add this to my personal library, and after some suggestions and using the @TIMINeutron solution too, and making it adaptable for decimal length then, this one fits best:

function precise_round(num, decimals) {
   var t = Math.pow(10, decimals);   
   return (Math.round((num * t) + (decimals>0?1:0)*(Math.sign(num) * (10 / Math.pow(100, decimals)))) / t).toFixed(decimals);
}

will work for the exceptions reported.

Answer 2

toFixed(n) provides n length after the decimal point; toPrecision(x) provides x total length.

Use this method below

// Example: toPrecision(4) when the number has 7 digits (3 before, 4 after)
    // It will round to the tenths place
    num = 500.2349;
    result = num.toPrecision(4); // result will equal 500.2

AND if you want the number to be fixed use

result = num.toFixed(2);

Answer 3

I didn't find an accurate solution for this problem, so I created my own:

function inprecise_round(value, decPlaces) {
  return Math.round(value*Math.pow(10,decPlaces))/Math.pow(10,decPlaces);
}

function precise_round(value, decPlaces){
    var val = value * Math.pow(10, decPlaces);
    var fraction = (Math.round((val-parseInt(val))*10)/10);

    //this line is for consistency with .NET Decimal.Round behavior
    // -342.055 => -342.06
    if(fraction == -0.5) fraction = -0.6;

    val = Math.round(parseInt(val) + fraction) / Math.pow(10, decPlaces);
    return val;
}

Examples:

function inprecise_round(value, decPlaces) {
  return Math.round(value * Math.pow(10, decPlaces)) / Math.pow(10, decPlaces);
}

function precise_round(value, decPlaces) {
  var val = value * Math.pow(10, decPlaces);
  var fraction = (Math.round((val - parseInt(val)) * 10) / 10);

  //this line is for consistency with .NET Decimal.Round behavior
  // -342.055 => -342.06
  if (fraction == -0.5) fraction = -0.6;

  val = Math.round(parseInt(val) + fraction) / Math.pow(10, decPlaces);
  return val;
}

// This may produce different results depending on the browser environment
console.log("342.055.toFixed(2)         :", 342.055.toFixed(2)); // 342.06 on Chrome & IE10

console.log("inprecise_round(342.055, 2):", inprecise_round(342.055, 2)); // 342.05
console.log("precise_round(342.055, 2)  :", precise_round(342.055, 2));   // 342.06
console.log("precise_round(-342.055, 2) :", precise_round(-342.055, 2));  // -342.06

console.log("inprecise_round(0.565, 2)  :", inprecise_round(0.565, 2));   // 0.56
console.log("precise_round(0.565, 2)    :", precise_round(0.565, 2));     // 0.57

Answer 4

This is very simple and works just as well as any of the others:

function parseNumber(val, decimalPlaces) {
    if (decimalPlaces == null) decimalPlaces = 0
    var ret = Number(val).toFixed(decimalPlaces)
    return Number(ret)
}

Since toFixed() can only be called on numbers, and unfortunately returns a string, this does all the parsing for you in both directions. You can pass a string or a number, and you get a number back every time! Calling parseNumber(1.49) will give you 1, and parseNumber(1.49,2) will give you 1.50. Just like the best of 'em!

Answer 5

One way to be 100% sure that you get a number with 2 decimals:

(Math.round(num*100)/100).toFixed(2)

If this causes rounding errors, you can use the following as James has explained in his comment:

(Math.round((num * 1000)/10)/100).toFixed(2)

Answer 6

parse = function (data) {
       data = Math.round(data*Math.pow(10,2))/Math.pow(10,2);
       if (data != null) {
            var lastone = data.toString().split('').pop();
            if (lastone != '.') {
                 data = parseFloat(data);
            }
       }
       return data;
  };

$('#result').html(parse(200)); // output 200
$('#result1').html(parse(200.1)); // output 200.1
$('#result2').html(parse(200.10)); // output 200.1
$('#result3').html(parse(200.109)); // output 200.11

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<div id="result"></div>
<div id="result1"></div>
<div id="result2"></div>
<div id="result3"></div>