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basic-javascript-appendix-4-ch04-q3.htm / htm
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>
function fix(fixNumber, decimalPlaces)
{
var div = Math.pow(10,decimalPlaces);
fixNumber = new String(Math.round(fixNumber * div) / div);
var zerosRequired = decimalPlaces -
(fixNumber.length - fixNumber.lastIndexOf(".") - 1);
for (; zerosRequired > 0; zerosRequired--)
{
fixNumber = fixNumber + "0";
}
return fixNumber;
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>
var number1 = prompt("Enter the number with decimal places you want to fix","");
var number2 = prompt("How many decimal places do you want?","");
document.write(number1 + " fixed to " + number2 + " decimal places is: ");
document.write(fix(number1,number2));
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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20/2/2008
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