Best of Math — September 2022
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freeCodeCamp·4y
How to Work with Numbers and Dates in JavaScript
A number is a primitive wrapper object used to convert the data type to a number. We will see how to convert a string to number using the Number wrapper object. The first method is better because it is more precise. If the floating point (the number after the decimal) is below 5, it rounds down. It is totally opposite to Math.floor() Math.ceil() rounds up to next integer of the floating points.
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Community Picks·4y
A Guide to Rounding Numbers in JavaScript
JavaScript’s Math object provides a number of ways to round numbers to an integer value. Rounding down ensures that the integer will start at zero and that each integer will have an equal chance of being returned. The next method we’ll look at is Math.trunc, which truncates the number provided as an argument. It basically just removes the decimal part of the number, leaving just the integer part. The two methods behave differently.