Simple wrapper for basic arithmetic—addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
MIT License
Simple wrapper for basic arithmetic—addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Useful for plugging it into arbitrary-precision or linear-arbitrary-precision as a fallback to specialised arbitrary precision libraries.
npm i floating
var Floating = require('floating')();
new Floating(1).div(new Floating(3).valueOf(); // => 1/3
new Floating(0.1).plus(new Floating(0.2)).valueOf(); // => 0.1 + 0.2
new Floating(0.3).minus(new Floating(0.1)).valueOf(); // => 0.3 - 0.1
new Floating(0.6).times(new Floating(3)).valueOf(); // => 0.6 * 3
new Floating(0.3).div(new Floating(0.2)).valueOf(); // => 0.3 / 0.2
var floatingThird = new Floating(1).div(new Floating(3));
floatingThird.toString(); // => '0.3333333333333333'
floatingThird.valueOf() === floatingThird.toJSON(); // => true
Number(floatingThird); // => 1/3
var stringified = JSON.stringify(floatingThird); // => '0.3333333333333333'
JSON.parse(stringified, Floating.reviver); // => new Floating(0.3333333333333333)
See spec.