[javascript] JavaScript displaying a float to 2 decimal places

I wanted to display a number to 2 decimal places.

I thought I could use toPrecision(2) in JavaScript .

However, if the number is 0.05, I get 0.0500. I'd rather it stay the same.

See it on JSbin.

What is the best way to do this?

I can think of coding a few solutions, but I'd imagine (I hope) something like this is built in?

Don't know how I got to this question, but even if it's many years since this has been asked, I would like to add a quick and simple method I follow and it has never let me down:

var num = response_from_a_function_or_something();

var fixedNum = parseFloat(num).toFixed( 2 );

I have made this function. It works fine but returns string.

function show_float_val(val,upto = 2){
  var val = parseFloat(val);
  return val.toFixed(upto);
}

The toFixed() method formats a number using fixed-point notation.

and here is the syntax

numObj.toFixed([digits])

digits argument is optional and by default is 0. And the return type is string not number. But you can convert it to number using

numObj.toFixed([digits]) * 1

It also can throws exceptions like TypeError, RangeError

Here is the full detail and compatibility in the browser.

You could try mixing Number() and toFixed().

Have your target number converted to a nice string with X digits then convert the formated string to a number.

Number( (myVar).toFixed(2) )

See example below:

var myNumber = 5.01;_x000D_
var multiplier = 5;_x000D_
$('#actionButton').on('click', function() {_x000D_
  $('#message').text( myNumber * multiplier );_x000D_
});_x000D_
_x000D_
$('#actionButton2').on('click', function() {_x000D_
  $('#message').text( Number( (myNumber * multiplier).toFixed(2) ) );_x000D_
});

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<button id="actionButton">Weird numbers</button>_x000D_
<button id="actionButton2">Nice numbers</button>_x000D_
_x000D_
<div id="message"></div>

let a = 0.0500
a.toFixed(2);

//output
0.05

function round(value, decimals) { return Number(Math.round(value+'e'+decimals)+'e-'+decimals); }

round(1.005, 2); // return 1.01

round(1.004, 2); // return 1 instead of 1.00

The answer is following this link: http://www.jacklmoore.com/notes/rounding-in-javascript/

number.parseFloat(2) works but it returns a string.

If you'd like to preserve it as a number type you can use:

Math.round(number * 100) / 100

Try toFixed instead of toPrecision.

You could do it with the toFixed function, but it's buggy in IE. If you want a reliable solution, look at my answer here.