Truncate number to two decimal places without rounding

Question

Suppose I have a value of 15.7784514, I want to display it 15.77 with no rounding.

var num = parseFloat(15.7784514);
document.write(num.toFixed(1)+\"


        

Answer 1

My version for positive numbers:

function toFixed_norounding(n,p)
{
    var result = n.toFixed(p);
    return result <= n ? result: (result - Math.pow(0.1,p)).toFixed(p);
}

Fast, pretty, obvious. (version for positive numbers)

Answer 2

If you exactly wanted to truncate to 2 digits of precision, you can go with a simple logic:

function myFunction(number) {
  var roundedNumber = number.toFixed(2);
  if (roundedNumber > number)
  {
      roundedNumber = roundedNumber - 0.01;
  }
  return roundedNumber;
}

Answer 3

An Easy way to do it is the next but is necessary ensure that the amount parameter is given as a string.

function truncate(amountAsString, decimals = 2){
  var dotIndex = amountAsString.indexOf('.');
  var toTruncate = dotIndex !== -1  && ( amountAsString.length > dotIndex + decimals + 1);
  var approach = Math.pow(10, decimals);
  var amountToTruncate = toTruncate ? amountAsString.slice(0, dotIndex + decimals +1) : amountAsString;  
  return toTruncate
    ?  Math.floor(parseFloat(amountToTruncate) * approach ) / approach
    :  parseFloat(amountAsString);

}

console.log(truncate("7.99999")); //OUTPUT ==> 7.99
console.log(truncate("7.99999", 3)); //OUTPUT ==> 7.999
console.log(truncate("12.799999999999999")); //OUTPUT ==> 7.99

Answer 4

Here you are. An answer that shows yet another way to solve the problem:

// For the sake of simplicity, here is a complete function:
function truncate(numToBeTruncated, numOfDecimals) {
    var theNumber = numToBeTruncated.toString();
    var pointIndex = theNumber.indexOf('.');
    return +(theNumber.slice(0, pointIndex > -1 ? ++numOfDecimals + pointIndex : undefined));
}

Note the use of + before the final expression. That is to convert our truncated, sliced string back to number type.

Hope it helps!

Answer 5

My solution in typescript (can easily be ported to JS):

/**
 * Returns the price with correct precision as a string
 *
 * @param   price The price in decimal to be formatted.
 * @param   decimalPlaces The number of decimal places to use
 * @return  string The price in Decimal formatting.
 */
type toDecimal = (price: number, decimalPlaces?: number) => string;
const toDecimalOdds: toDecimal = (
  price: number,
  decimalPlaces: number = 2,
): string => {
  const priceString: string = price.toString();
  const pointIndex: number = priceString.indexOf('.');

  // Return the integer part if decimalPlaces is 0
  if (decimalPlaces === 0) {
    return priceString.substr(0, pointIndex);
  }

  // Return value with 0s appended after decimal if the price is an integer
  if (pointIndex === -1) {
    const padZeroString: string = '0'.repeat(decimalPlaces);

    return `${priceString}.${padZeroString}`;
  }

  // If numbers after decimal are less than decimalPlaces, append with 0s
  const padZeroLen: number = priceString.length - pointIndex - 1;
  if (padZeroLen > 0 && padZeroLen < decimalPlaces) {
    const padZeroString: string = '0'.repeat(padZeroLen);

    return `${priceString}${padZeroString}`;
  }

  return priceString.substr(0, pointIndex + decimalPlaces + 1);
};

Test cases:

  expect(filters.toDecimalOdds(3.14159)).toBe('3.14');
  expect(filters.toDecimalOdds(3.14159, 2)).toBe('3.14');
  expect(filters.toDecimalOdds(3.14159, 0)).toBe('3');
  expect(filters.toDecimalOdds(3.14159, 10)).toBe('3.1415900000');
  expect(filters.toDecimalOdds(8.2)).toBe('8.20');

Any improvements?

Answer 6

Another single-line solution :

number = Math.trunc(number*100)/100

I used 100 because you want to truncate to the second digit, but a more flexible solution would be :

number = Math.trunc(number*Math.pow(10, digits))/Math.pow(10, digits)

where digits is the amount of decimal digits to keep.

See Math.trunc specs for details and browser compatibility.