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Java Script parseFloat() unexpected decimal places

Why when I am cast this string "2019275.159999999916180968" to number, or when used parseFloat(str). I'm always get result "2019275.16". Why it remove extra decimal places that provided in the string? And how can i keep number of decimal places, without rounding it to 2 decimal places in this case?

Amount of decimal places in the string is dynamical.

Solution

  • It might be worth investigating a library like decimal.js to help with this. e.g.:

    Decimal.set({ precision: 24 }); // The default of 20 is not big enough for the number below so you may need to adjust this

let a = new Decimal('2019275.159999999912345');
a = a.plus(1);

let b = new Decimal('2019275.159999999912345').plus(1);
let c = Decimal.add('2019275.159999999912345', 1);

console.log(a, b, c);
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/decimal.js/9.0.0/decimal.min.js"></script>