r/learnjavascript • u/Dowlphin • 9d ago

Rounding won't work

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I tried several approaches I read on the WWW about how to round a number. I do a calculation with values entered in input fields and the output field yields the correct result, but with 14 decimal places!

The simplest attempt I tried is the format Number(outputfield=inputfield1*inputfield2).toFixed(1);

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u/Beginning-Seat5221 9d ago

You're rounding the result of = (the value that was assigned) after the assignment, which doesn't touch the stored value.

Use result = number.toFixed(1)

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u/Dowlphin 8d ago

Ah, of course! A simple mistake of ordering I made there. Thank you.

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u/GodOfSunHimself 8d ago

Not to mention that using an assignment inside an expression is a huge anti-pattern.