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
See Also
Number.toExponential( ), Number.toLocaleString( ),
Number.toPrecision( ), Number.toString( )
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Errata
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition
By
David Flanagan
Publisher
: O'Reilly
Pub Date
: November 2001
ISBN
: 0-596-00048-0
Pages
: 936
Slots
: 1
This fourth edition of the definitive reference to
JavaScript, a scripting language that can be embedded
directly in web pages, covers the latest version of the
language, JavaScript 1.5, as supported by Netscape 6 and
Internet Explorer 6. The book also provides complete
coverage of the W3C DOM standard (Level 1 and Level 2),
while retaining material on the legacy Level 0 DOM for
backward compatibility.