broken toFixed implementation [duplicate]

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This is because of floating-point errors.

Compare (8.575).toFixed(20) with (8.575).toFixed(3) and imagine this proposition: 8.575 < real("8.575"), where real is an imaginary function that creates a real number with infinite precision.

That is, the original number is not as expected and the inaccuracy has already been introduced.

One quick “workabout” I can think of is: Multiply by 1000 (or as appropriate), get the toFixed(0) of that (still has a limit, but it’s absurd), then shove back in the decimal form.

Happy coding.

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