Decimal ====== Simple decimal arithmetic for the browser *and* node.js! Why? ======= Why don’t my numbers, like 0.1 + 0.2 add up to a nice round 0.3, and instead I get a weird result like 0.30000000000000004? Because internally, computers use a format (binary floating-point) that cannot accurately represent a number like 0.1, 0.2 or 0.3 at all. Source : http://floating-point-gui.de/ I wrote this because I needed to do simple computation in the browser and I couldn't find a lightweight library to do it. How to use? =========== In the browser -------------- In node ------- npm install decimal then in your program var Decimal = require('decimal'); Examples ======= >>> 1.1 + 2.2 3.3000000000000003 >>> Decimal('1.1').add('2.2').toNumber() 3.3 >>> 4.01 * 2.01 8.060099999999998 >>> Decimal('4.01').mul('2.01').toNumber() 8.0601 >>> Decimal.mul('4.01', '2.01').toNumber() 8.0601 Can I help? =========== Of course you can, I suck at math, and this implementation is very naive. If you are a math Guru and you see something wrong or a way to simplify things you can send in a pull request. Methods ======= Decimal(n) ------------------ Create a new `Decimal` from `n`. `n` can be a string, integer, or another `Decimal`. .toString() ------------------ Returns the `Decimal` instance as a string. .toNumber() ----------- Turn a `Decimal` into a `Number`. .add(n) ------- Return a new `Decimal` containing the instance value plus `n`. .sub(n) ------- Return a new `Decimal` containing the instance value minus `n`. .mul(n) ------- Return a new `Decimal` containing the instance value multiplied by `n`. .div(n) ------- Return a new `Decimal` containing the instance value integrally divided by `n`.