Why can’t I access a property of an integer with a single dot?

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The period is part of the number, so the code will be interpreted the same as:

(3.)toFixed(5)

This will naturally give a syntax error, as you can’t immediately follow the number with an identifier.

Any method that keeps the period from being interpreted as part of the number would work. I think that the clearest way is to put parentheses around the number:

(3).toFixed(5)

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