This post was originally published at Do not use Number.toFixed for Rounding.

Sometimes I saw Use-case that developer use Number.prototype.toFixed for rounding. But It is not correct in some reasons. I try to explain why it’s not correct. 😥

Return String instead of Number/Float

The result of toFixed is String so it case unexpected result if you calculate.

// What you expect// 1.1 + 1 = 2.1
// Result1.12.toFixed(1) + 1// '1.1' + 1 = '1.11'

Not accurate in one case

You can pass digits option to toFixed([digits]) it means …

digits

Optional. The number of digits to appear after the decimal point; this may be a value between 0 and 20, inclusive, and implementations may optionally support a larger range of values. If this argument is omitted, it is treated as 0.

For example you run 1.1N.toFixd(1) the return value would be 1.N.Okay let’s see what’s happened in real world example.

1.150.toFixed(1) // -> '1.1' expected '1.2' because of rounding
1.15.toFixed(1) // -> '1.1' expected '1.2' because of rounding
1.151.toFixed(1) // -> '1.2'

To rounding the number which next to digits should be greater than 0. 💩