Number format, round and total
<HTML> <HEAD> <SCRIPT LANUAGE="JavaScript1.1"> // returns the amount in the .99 format function twoPlaces(amount) { return (amount == Math.floor(amount)) ? amount + '.00' : ((amount*10 == Math.floor(amount*10)) ? amount + '0' : amount); } // rounds number to X decimal places, defaults to 2 function round(number,X) { X = (!X ? 2 : X); return Math.round(number*Math.pow(10,X))/Math.pow(10,X); } function totals(num) { return twoPlaces(Math.floor((num - 0) * 100) / 100); } </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY > <B> Two Decimal Places </B> <BR> 0.00 is <script LANUAGE="JavaScript1.1"> document.write(twoPlaces(0.00)); </script> <BR> .10 is <script LANUAGE="JavaScript1.1"> document.write(twoPlaces(.10)); </script> <BR> 1 is <script LANUAGE="JavaScript1.1"> document.write(twoPlaces(1)) </script> <BR> .-530 is <script LANUAGE="JavaScript1.1"> document.write(twoPlaces(-.530) ) </script> <BR><BR> 51.02 - 3.8 = <B> <script LANUAGE="JavaScript1.1"> document.write(round(totals(51.02) - totals(3.80) )); </script> </BODY> </HTML>
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2. | A Generic Number-Formatting Routine |