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title	date	submitter	number	tags	discussion
I want `Float.toFixed()` to take an optional argument to choose the rounding function	2020-05-26	Kilian Valkhof	2e197cac8499acaf81c38cfb210fd3c29dd2a8fd	javascript	#55

It’s relatively easy to turn a float into a number with a fixed set of decimals, but these decimals are always rounded. 4.445 will become 4.45 for example, which isn't always what you want.

This means that if you want to explicitly do a floor or a ceil, you have to resort to something like this

const formattedNumber = Math.floor(number * 100) / 100
const formattedNumber = Math.ceil(number * 100) / 100

And neither of these is a particularly clear bit of JavaScript.

If toFixed() took an optional second argument—perhaps an object, for future extensibility—that would empower developers to choose an existing function or supply their own function to use in rounding the number, which would create a much nicer (and self-documenting) experience:

// regular
const formattedNumber = number.toFixed(2);

// floor
const formattedFlooredNumber = number.toFixed(2, { rounding: Math.floor });

// ceil
const formattedFlooredNumber = number.toFixed(2, { rounding: Math.ceil });

// gamble
const formattedFlooredNumber = number.toFixed(
  2, 
  { rounding: Math.random() > 0.5 ? Math.floor : Math.ceil }
);

// custom
const formattedFlooredNumber = number.toFixed(
  2,
  { rounding: myCustomFunction }
);

The custom function could receive either the original number and the number of decimals, or get a float that needs to be rounded to an int. It can then convert that to a string with the proper number of decimals.