This method formats a number with a specific number of digits to the right of the decimal.
Its syntax is as follows −
number.toFixed( [digits] )
digits − The number of digits to appear after the decimal point.
A string representation of number that does not use exponential notation and has the exact number of digits after the decimal place.
Try the following example.
<html> <head> <title>JavaScript toFixed() Method</title> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var num=177.1234; document.write("num.toFixed() is : " + num.toFixed()); document.write("<br />"); document.write("num.toFixed(6) is : " + num.toFixed(6)); document.write("<br />"); document.write("num.toFixed(1) is : " + num.toFixed(1)); document.write("<br />"); document.write("(1.23e+20).toFixed(2) is:" + (1.23e+20).toFixed(2)); document.write("<br />"); document.write("(1.23e-10).toFixed(2) is : " + (1.23e-10).toFixed(2)); </script> </body> </html>
num.toFixed() is : 177 num.toFixed(6) is : 177.123400 num.toFixed(1) is : 177.1 (1.23e+20).toFixed(2) is:123000000000000000000.00 (1.23e-10).toFixed(2) is : 0.00