format don't work with exponential numbers

[xrado]

Expected behaviour

Highcharts.format('num {value:.8f}',{value:8.3000000e-7})
"num 0.00000083"

Actual behaviour

Highcharts.format('num {value:.8f}',{value:8.3000000e-7});
"num 8.30000000e-7"

Live demo with steps to reproduce

http://jsfiddle.net/xrado/jyLh6pqn/

see tooltip on the smallest bar

Affected browser(s)

probably all

[KacperMadej]

Thank you for reporting the problem.

[xrado]

👍🏼

[xrado]

hi,

this still doesn't work with latest hc
I have on a serie
tooltip: { valueDecimals: 8 ..
and getting 9.0-e7

using highchairs 7.1.1 StockChart

@KacperMadej

[KacperMadej]

Hi @xrado

9.0-e7 is a correct number and it is meeting the decimals requirement as far as I can tell.

If you want to have a different format you could use tooltip formatter and process numbers as you wish.