JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript has only one type of numbers. Numbers can be written with, or without decimals:

  var x1 = 34.00;      (Written with decimals)
  var x2 = 34;      (Written without decimals)


Extra large or extra small numbers can be written with scientific (exponential) notation:

  var y = 123e5;      (12300000)
  var z = 123e-5;      (0.00123)

HTML file: Displayed by browser:
<body>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
   var x1 = 34.00;
   var x2 = 34;
   var y =123e5;
   var z = 123e-5;
   document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
   x1 + "<br />" + x2 + "<br />" + y + "<br />" + z
</script>
</body>

More about numbers later in this tutorial.

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