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Number
Overview
A wrapper class for the numeric-typed data.
Base Class
Constructor
- Number()
- Number(value : Number)
Arguments
- value
- The value of the new Number object.
Methods
- Number.toExponential
- Returns a string that represents the number in exponential notation.
- Number.toFixed
- Returns a string with a certain precision that represents the number.
- Number.toLocaleString
- Returns a string that represents the number in a local format.
- Number.toPrecision
- Returns a string that represents the number to a specified number of significant digits.
- Number.toString
- Returns a string that represents the number.
- Number.valueOf
- Returns the primitive number value represented by the number.
Inherited Methods
- Object.hasOwnProperty
- Checks for the existence of an object property
- Object.toLocaleString
- Returns a string that represents the object.
- Object.toString
- Returns a string that represents the object.
- Object.valueOf
- Returns the 'primitive' value of the object.
Number.toExponential
- function Number.toExponential() : String
- function Number.toExponential(digits : Number) : String
Arguments
- digits
- The number of digits to be shown after the decimal point.
Returns
Returns a string that represents the number in exponential notation.
Description
Returns a string in exponential notation with one digit before the decimal point and the specified number of digits after the decimal point.
Number.toFixed
- function Number.toFixed() : String
- function Number.toFixed(digits : Number) : String
Arguments
- digits
- The number of digits to be shown after the decimal point.
Returns
Returns a string with a certain precision that represents the number.
Description
Returns a string that represents the number. Note: toFixed() does not use exponential notation and shows the number of digits after the decimal point. If no digits argument is specified, zero digits are shown.
Number.toLocaleString
- function Number.toLocaleString() : String
Returns
Returns a string that represents the number in a local format.
Description
Returns a string that represents the number in a local format.
Number.toPrecision
- function Number.toPrecision() : String
- function Number.toPrecision(digits : Number) : String
Arguments
- digits
- The number of significant digits to be shown in the output.
Returns
Returns a string that represents the number to a specified number of significant digits.
Description
Returns a string in fixed format to the specified number of significant digits. If the number of significant digits isn't specified, return the number in the same way as Number.toString().
Number.toString
- function Number.toString() : String
- function Number.toString(base : Number) : String
Arguments
- base
- The base in which the number is to be shown.
Returns
Returns a string that represents the number.
Description
Returns a string that represents the number in a given base. If base is omitted, then base 10 is used to create the string that represents the number.
Number.valueOf
- function Number.valueOf() : Number
Returns
Returns the primitive number value represented by the number.
Description
Returns the primitive number value represented by the number.