json-float

Represent any floating point value as JSON.

✅ Node 18+
✅ ESM or CJS ✅ TypeScript-Native
✅ Comprehensive Documentation
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Getting started

npm install json-float

Emitting JSON:

import { replaceFloat, reviveFloat } from "./index.ts";

const o = {
  normalFloat: 1.2,
  specialFloat: Infinity,
  otherValue: {
    key: "string",
  },
};

const s = JSON.stringify(o, replaceFloat, 2);
/*
{
  "normalFloat": 1.2,
  "specialFloat": {
    "type": "ieee754",
    "value": "Infinity"
  },
  "otherValue": {
    "key": "string"
  }
}
*/
const p = JSON.parse(s, reviveFloat); // Returns an identical object

For more fine-grained control, see float2json, json2float, and hasJsonRepresentation below.

Why?

The IEEE 754 floating-point values Infinity, -Infinity, -0, and NaN cannot be represented as a literal JSON numbers. JSON.stringify renders the value -0 as 0 (numerically the same but with a different byte-level representation) and renders the other three as null. json-float converts floating point values to and from a JSON-serializable object representation so all possible values can be stored.

JSON Representation

Example outputs from float2json:

{
  type: 'ieee754',
  value: 'NaN',
}

{
  type: 'ieee754',
  value: 23.56787
}

type

Always the string ieee754.

value

One of the following:

• Any of the strings Infinity, -Infinity, -0, or NaN: represents the corresponding floating point value
• A JavaScript number.

API Reference

replaceFloat

Implements the replacer interface of JSON.stringify.

Example:

const o = {
  normalFloat: 1.2,
  specialFloat: Infinity,
  otherValue: {
    key: "string",
  },
};

const s = JSON.stringify(o, replaceFloat, 2);
/*
{
  "normalFloat": 1.2,
  "specialFloat": {
    "type": "ieee754",
    "value": "Infinity"
  },
  "otherValue": {
    "key": "string"
  }
}
*/

reviveFloat

Implements the reviver interface of JSON.parse.

Example:

const s = `
{
  "normalFloat": 1.2,
  "specialFloat": {
    "type": "ieee754",
    "value": "Infinity"
  },
  "otherValue": {
    "key": "string"
  }
}`;
const p = JSON.parse(s, reviveFloat);
/*
{
  normalFloat: 1.2,
  specialFloat: Infinity,
  otherValue: {
    key: 'string',
  },
}
*/

hasJsonRepresentation

Example:

hasJsonRepresentation(1.1); // true
hasJsonRepresentation(NaN); // false

Parameters:

• n: number.

Returns: true if the number can be represented directly with a JSON number, false otherwise.

float2json

Wraps a number in a JSON object.

Example:

float2json(1.1); // { type: 'ieee754', value: 1.1 }
float2json(NaN); // { type: 'ieee754', value: NaN }

Parameters:

• n: number.

Returns: JSON float object (see JSON Representation). The number is wrapped even if it could be rendered directly as a JSON number.

json2float

Unwraps a JSON float object to a number.

Example:

json2float({ type: "ieee754", value: 1.1 }); // 1.1
json2float({ type: "ieee754", value: NaN }); // NaN

Parameters:

• o: JSON float object (see JSON Representation).

License

MIT. See LICENSE.txt.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.