this a weakness of javascript, there is no decimal type. but as Kevin pointed out there are several libraries.
One of the most complete I have seen so far is BigNumber (in npm is bignumber.js): https://github.com/MikeMcl/bignumber.js I have never used though 2012/12/28 Kevin Purnelle <[email protected]> > Hello, > > I am building my first app with nodeJS and I am very excited about > everything I have been learning with nodejs until now. > My concerns are about numbers, which can't be represented precisely with > the current specs for floating point numbers in js (not only js, I know) > In that application I have to handle money, so calculations and storage of > these values must be error free. > > The app is built with AngularJS, nodeJS (with express) and Mongodb > > Could anybody indicates how to handle numbers: from the time when the user > fills the form to the time when the value is stored into the database and > then, presented again to the user? > > So far, I've read that people advise to store money values as integers > (so, stored in cents) but I would like to know if somebody has already > faced that problem and how it was solved. > > Thank you :) > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
