Name
Number.toFixed( ) — format a number using fixed-point notation
Availability
JavaScript 1.5; JScript 5.5, ECMAScript v3
Synopsis
number
.toFixed(digits
)
Arguments
-
digits
The number of digits to appear after the decimal point; this may be a value between 0 and 20, inclusive, and implementations may optionally support a larger range of values. If this argument is omitted, it is treated as 0.
Returns
A string representation of number
that
does not use exponential notation and has exactly
digits
digits after the decimal place. The
number is rounded if necessary, and the fractional part is padded
with zeros if necessary so that it has the specified length. If
number
is greater than 1e+21, this method
simply calls Number.toString( )
and returns a
string in exponential notation.
Throws
-
RangeError
If
digits
is too small or too large. Values between 0 and 20, inclusive, will not cause a RangeError. Implementations are allowed to support larger and smaller values as well.-
TypeError
If this method is invoked on an object that is not a Number.
Example
var n = 12345.6789; n.toFixed( ); // Returns 12346: note rounding, no fractional part n.toFixed(1); // Returns 12345.7: note rounding n.toFixed(6); // Returns 12345.678900: note added zeros (1.23e+20).toFixed(2); // Returns 123000000000000000000.00 (1.23e-10).toFixed(2) // Returns 0.00
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