Truncate number to two decimal places without rounding

Question

Suppose I have a value of 15.7784514, I want to display it 15.77 with no rounding.

var num = parseFloat(15.7784514);
document.write(num.toFixed(1)+\"


        

Answer 1

Here you are. An answer that shows yet another way to solve the problem:

// For the sake of simplicity, here is a complete function:
function truncate(numToBeTruncated, numOfDecimals) {
    var theNumber = numToBeTruncated.toString();
    var pointIndex = theNumber.indexOf('.');
    return +(theNumber.slice(0, pointIndex > -1 ? ++numOfDecimals + pointIndex : undefined));
}

Note the use of + before the final expression. That is to convert our truncated, sliced string back to number type.

Hope it helps!