In jQuery, what's the best way of formatting a number to 2 decimal places?

Question

This is what I have right now:

$(\"#number\").val(parseFloat($(\"#number\").val()).toFixed(2));

It looks messy to me. I don\'t think I\'m

Answer 1

If you're doing this to several fields, or doing it quite often, then perhaps a plugin is the answer.
Here's the beginnings of a jQuery plugin that formats the value of a field to two decimal places.
It is triggered by the onchange event of the field. You may want something different.