Javascript: How much Math do you do?

Yes. Javascript provides the built-in object Math. It has several useful methods to work on numbers. Let's go through, which we really use.

Round to integer

1. round() - ➡️ Rounds to its nearest integer.
2. ceil() - ⬆️ Rounds up to its nearest integer.
3. floor() - ⬇️ Rounds down to its nearest integer.

const num = 10.5;

console.log(Math.round(num)); // 11
console.log(Math.ceil(num)); // 11
console.log(Math.floor(num)); // 10

const num1 = 10.4;

console.log(Math.round(num1)); // 10
console.log(Math.ceil(num1)); // 11
console.log(Math.floor(num1)); // 10

Remember like this:

round - 10.0 - 10.4 -> 10 and 10.5 -> 11.0 -> 11

ceil (up) - 10.1 - 10.9. -> 11

floor (down) - 10.1 - 10.9 -> 10

The same applies to negative numbers.

Return Integer part

trunc() - returns integer part as it is.

const num = 10.547;

console.log(Math.trunc(num));
> 10

Return absolute number

abs() - returns positive number.

const num = 10.547;
const num1 = -10.547;

console.log(Math.abs(num)); // 10.547
console.log(Math.abs(num1)); // 10.547

power & sqrt

Hope no explanation is needed.

const num = 9;

console.log(Math.pow(num, 2)); // 81
console.log(Math.sqrt(num)); // 3

max & min

Returns Max number and min number in the given list.

console.log(Math.max(3,4,5,1,2)); // 5

console.log(Math.min(3,4,5,1,2)); // 1

random number

random() - method used to return random number between 0 - 1.

console.log(Math.random()); // 0.34609498534013383

Few more methods of Math object that we rarely use them.

Those are:

Math.sign() - returns -1 (negative), 0 (null), 1 (positive) based on the number provided.

Math.sin() & Math.cos() - trignometric operations - sin 90 - 1.

Math.log(x) & Math.log2() & Math.log10() - returns logarthmic conversion.

Thanks 😊