Add .00 (toFixed) only if number has less than two decimal places

Jennifer Michelle picture Jennifer Michelle · Jun 4, 2014 · Viewed 64.8k times · Source

I need to add zeroes, so that each number has at least two decimals, but without rounding. So for example:

5      --> 5.00
5.1    --> 5.10
5.11   --> 5.11 (no change)
5.111  --> 5.111 (no change)
5.1111 -->  5.1111  (no change) 

My function is missing an IF to check for less than two decimal places:

function addZeroes( num ) {
   var num = Number(num);
   if ( //idk ) {
      num = num.toFixed(2);
   }
   return num;
}

Thanks!

Posting an alternative answer, in addition to the two below. (Keep in mind that I'm no expert and this is just for text inputs, not for parsing complex values like colors that could have floating point issues, etc.)

function addZeroes( value ) {
    //set everything to at least two decimals; removs 3+ zero decimasl, keep non-zero decimals
    var new_value = value*1; //removes trailing zeros
    new_value = new_value+''; //casts it to string

    pos = new_value.indexOf('.');
    if (pos==-1) new_value = new_value + '.00';
    else {
        var integer = new_value.substring(0,pos);
        var decimals = new_value.substring(pos+1);
        while(decimals.length<2) decimals=decimals+'0';
        new_value = integer+'.'+decimals;
    }
    return new_value;
}

[This is not a duplicate question. The question you linked assumes "knowing that they have at least 1 decimal." Decimal points cannot be assumed in text inputs, and this was making errors.]

Answer

Fergmux picture Fergmux · Jun 4, 2014

Here you go:

function addZeroes(num) {
// Convert input string to a number and store as a variable.
    var value = Number(num);      
// Split the input string into two arrays containing integers/decimals
    var res = num.split(".");     
// If there is no decimal point or only one decimal place found.
    if(res.length == 1 || res[1].length < 3) { 
// Set the number to two decimal places
        value = value.toFixed(2);
    }
// Return updated or original number.
return value;
}

// If you require the number as a string simply cast back as so
var num = String(value);

See updated fiddle for demonstration.


edit: Since I first answered this, javascript and I have progressed, here is an updated solution using es6, but following the same idea:

function addZeroes(num) {
  const dec = num.split('.')[1]
  const len = dec && dec.length > 2 ? dec.length : 2
  return Number(num).toFixed(len)
}

Updated fiddle