Check if a number has a decimal place/is a whole number
I am looking for an easy way in JavaScript to check if a number has a decimal place in it (in order to determine if it is an integer). For instance,
23 -> OK
5 -> OK
3.5 -> not OK
34.345 -> not OK
if(number is integer) {...}
Using modulus will work:
num % 1 != 0
// 23 % 1 = 0
// 23.5 % 1 = 0.5
Note that this is based on the numerical value of the number, regardless of format. It treats numerical strings containing whole numbers with a fixed decimal point the same as integers:
'10.0' % 1; // returns 0
10 % 1; // returns 0
'10.5' % 1; // returns 0.5
10.5 % 1; // returns 0.5
Number.isInteger(23); // true
Number.isInteger(1.5); // false
Number.isInteger("x"); // false:
Number.isInteger() is part of the ES6 standard and not supported in IE11.
It returns false for NaN
, Infinity
and non-numeric arguments while x % 1 != 0
returns true.
Or you could just use this to find out if it is NOT a decimal:
string.indexOf(".") == -1;
Simple, but effective!
Math.floor(number) === number;
The most common solution is to strip the integer portion of the number and compare it to zero like so:
function Test()
{
var startVal = 123.456
alert( (startVal - Math.floor(startVal)) != 0 )
}