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Date: 2018apr7
Language: javaScript
Keywords: dollars, cents, financial, round

Q.  javaScript: how can I limit the number of decimal digits when displaying a number?

A.  Use Number.toFixed() like this

const n = 1.23456789;
console.log(n.toFixed(2));

Will display

1.23

Note that toFixed() requires a number and it returns a string.

More info
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number/toFixed

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