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javascriptnumbersnumber-formatting

Format a number to two decimal places

Give me a native (no jQuery, Prototype, etc. please) JavaScript function that converts numbers as follows: 

input:  0.39, 2.5,  4.25, 5.5,  6.75, 7.75, 8.5
output: 0.39, 2.50, 4.25, 5.50, 6.75, 7.75, 8.50

E.g., in Ruby, I'd do something like this:

>> sprintf("%.2f", 2.5)
=> "2.50"

The output may be a number or a string. I don't really care because I'm just using it to set innerHTML.

Thank you.

Solution 
  • input = 0.3;
output = input.toFixed(2);
// output: 0.30

    A newer option, which supports rounding:

    new Intl.NumberFormat('en-US', {
  minimumFractionDigits: 2,
  maximumFractionDigits: 2
}).format(1.005)
// Outputs: 1.01