Opposite of Number.toExponential in JS

Question

I need to get the value of an extremely large number in JavaScript in non-exponential form. Number.toFixed simply returns it in exponential form as a string, wh

Answer 1

It's possible to expand JavaScript's exponential output using string functions. Admittedly, what I came up is somewhat cryptic, but it works if the exponent after the e is positive:

var originalNumber = 1e+31;
var splitNumber = originalNumber.toString().split('e');

var result;
if(splitNumber[1]) {
    var regexMatch = splitNumber[0].match(/^([^.]+)\.?(.*)$/);
    result =
        /* integer part */ regexMatch[1] +
        /* fractional part */ regexMatch[2] +
        /* trailing zeros */ Array(splitNumber[1] - regexMatch[2].length + 1).join('0');
} else result = splitNumber[0];