Why cant i make '0.00000001' to a float/decimal?

Asked Nov 21 '17 at 12:13

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I am working on a cryptocurrencie application where i have to convert a string looking like this '0.00000001' to a number float/decimal looking like this 0.00000001

I have tried

toPrecision()

parseFloat()

parseInt()

Number()

toFixed(8)

'0.00000001' * 1

The results will typically look something like this 5.3e-7

Is there nothing that can be done in this particular case?

asked Nov 21 '17 at 12:13

ii iml0sto1

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It is a number. run 5.3e-7 * 1000 – Skarlinski Nov 21 '17 at 12:16
Do not use floating point math for currency. There are numeric math libraries designed to handle money. – zaph Nov 21 '17 at 13:46
Thanks, do you have any good ones in mind ? – ii iml0sto1 Nov 21 '17 at 18:02

Why cant i make '0.00000001' to a float/decimal?

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