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basic-javascript-04-ch04-q3.htm / htm
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function fix(fixNumber, decimalPlaces)
{
var div = Math.pow(10,decimalPlaces);
fixNumber = new String(Math.round(fixNumber * div) / div);
if (fixNumber.lastIndexOf(".")==-1)
{
fixNumber = fixNumber + ".";
}
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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