How do I format a number to 2 decimal places, but only if there are already decimals?

by

I have a jQuery 1.5+ script, and you select a quantity in a drop-down menu (1,2,3, etc) and it multiplies that quantity by $1.50 to show you a total price. Basically – it’s multiplying the quantity selected (1, 2, 3, etc) by the base price of $1.50 – BUT – I can’t figure out how to display the price correctly with decimals – example: if you select a quantity of 2, the price displays correctly as $3 (no decimals). But, if you choose 1, or 3, the price displays as $1.5 / $4.5 – missing a 0 in the hundredths decimal place.

Here’s the code – any idea how to show a second 0 in the case that there are not already two decimals? $3 should stay as $3, but $4.5 should become $4.50, etc – I can’t get it to work without showing ALL numbers to two decimals, and that’s where I’m stuck!

<script type='text/javascript'>     
    $(function() {         
        $('#myQuantity').change(function() {             
            var x = $(this).val();                      
            $('#myAmount').text('$'+(x*1.5));// this is the part that isn't displaying decimals correctly!
        });     
    }); 
</script>

I’m experimenting with something like result = num.toFixed(2); but can’t get it to work yet.

Thank you Kindly!

34 thoughts on “How do I format a number to 2 decimal places, but only if there are already decimals?”

  4. Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/peeter/JxPZH/

    $(document).ready(function() {
    $('#itemQuantitySelect_3').change(function() {
        
        var itemPrice = 1.50;
        var itemQuantity = $(this).val();
        var quantityPrice = (itemPrice * itemQuantity);
        if(Math.round(quantityPrice) !== quantityPrice) {
            quantityPrice = quantityPrice.toFixed(2);
        }
        
        $(this).next("span").html("$" + quantityPrice);

    });
});
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form action="/" method="post">
    <select id='itemQuantitySelect_3' name="itemQuantity_3">
        <option value='1'>1 Item</option>
        <option value='2'>2 Items</option>
        <option value='3'>3 Items</option>
    </select>
    <span>$1.50</span>
</form>
    Reply

  5. There’s actually a much more dynamic solution to achieve this. This is useful especially when your number of digits will change.

    var formattedNumber = (x * 1.5).toFixed(2).replace(/\.0+$|(\.\d*[1-9])(0+)$/, "");

    This will end up to this:

    +(2.1234).toFixed(2).replace(/\.0+$|(\.\d*[1-9]);
>> 2.12

// but as mentioned it is dynamic
+(2.1234).toFixed(3).replace(/\.0+$|(\.\d*[1-9]);
>> 2.123

+(2).toFixed(3).replace(/\.0+$|(\.\d*[1-9]);
>> 2
    Reply

  7. Use this function:

    //E.g. 0.5 becomes 0.50; 7 stays as 7.

function twoDecimalPlacesIfCents(amount){
    return (amount % 1 !== 0) ? amount.toFixed(2) : amount;
}
    Reply

  9. One other possibility, coerce the string into a number and leverage the fact that 0.00 is falsey to determine how it displays:

    +(1.123456.toFixed(2)) || 0;
>> 1.12

    Where as:

    +(0.00123.toFixed(2)) || 0;
>> 0
    Reply

  10. If you want more generic solution, based on odrm idea.

    function toFixed(value, fractionDigits) {
    return value.toFixed(fractionDigits).replace(/[.,](00)|0$/, '')
}
    Reply 
  11. const number = Number(Number(value).toFixed(t));

    With this you can cast your number to the correct amount of decimal places and, when converting back to Number, get rid of all useless zeros.

    Reply

Leave a Comment