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How to get a number of days in a specified month using JavaScript?

Nishtha Thakur
Nishtha Thakur
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 1K+ Views

To get numbers of days in a month, use the getDate() method and get the days.ExampleYou can try to run the following code to get a number of days in a month −Live Demo                 var days = function(month,year) {          return new Date(year, month, 0).getDate();       };       document.write("Days in July: "+days(7, 2012)); // July month       document.write("Days in September: "+days(9, 2012)); // September Month           OutputDays in July: 31 Days in September: 30

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How to format a rounded number to N decimals using JavaScript?

Anvi Jain
Anvi Jain
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 498 Views

Use the toFixed() method to format a rounded number to N decimals. The toFixed() method formats a number with a specific number of digits to the right of the decimal.ExampleYou can try to run the following code to form a rounded number to N decimals −Live Demo           JavaScript toFixed() Method                        var num = 15;          document.write("num.toFixed() is : " + num.toFixed());          document.write("");          document.write("num.toFixed() is : " + num.toFixed(2));          document.write("");          document.write("num.toFixed() is : " + num.toFixed(1));          document.write("");           Outputnum.toFixed() is : 15 num.toFixed() is : 15.00 num.toFixed() is : 15.0

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How to convert a String containing Scientific Notation to correct JavaScript number format?

Jennifer Nicholas
Jennifer Nicholas
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 1K+ Views

To convert a string with Scientific Notation, use the Number function. Pass the value to this function.ExampleYou can try to run the following code to convert a string to correct number format −Live Demo                    document.write("String with Scientific Notation converted below:");          document.write(Number("7.53245683E7"));           OutputString with Scientific Notation converted below: 75324568.3

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How to test if a JavaScript cookie has expired?

mkotla
mkotla
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 3K+ Views

To test if a cookie has expired in JavaScript, add the following condition and check −if( !($.cookie('myCookie') === null) ) {    // Do something (cookie exists) } else {    // Do something (cookie expired) }You can also check it using a single line code −checkCookie = $.cookie('myCookie') === null ? ( /*Condition TRUE...*/ ) : ( /*Condition FALSE...*/ );

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How to count the number of occurrences of a character in a string in JavaScript?

varun
varun
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 860 Views

To count the number of occurrences of a character in a string, try to run the following code −ExampleLive Demo                    function displayCount() {             setTimeout(function() {                var str = document.getElementById('str1').value;                var letter = document.getElementById('letter1').value;                letter = letter[letter.length-1];                var lCount;                for (var i = lCount = 0; i < str.length; lCount += (str[i++] == letter));                document.querySelector('p').innerText = lCount;                return lCount;             }, 50);          }             Enter String:       Enter Letter:       Click for Result       result=    

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What is the best way to initialize a JavaScript number?

Prabhas
Prabhas
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 800 Views

The best way to initialize a number in JavaScript is to initialize variables while declaring them. Through this, you can easily avoid undefined values.ExampleYou can try to run the following code to initialize a number −Live Demo                    var deptNum = 20, id = 005;          document.write("Department number: "+deptNum);          

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How to get a decimal portion of a number with JavaScript?

mkotla
mkotla
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 3K+ Views

With JavaScript, use the % operator to get the decimal portion of a number.ExampleYou can try to run the following to get decimal portion −Live Demo                    var num1 = 5.3;          var num2 = 4.2;          var num3 = 8.6;          document.write(num1 % 1);          document.write(""+num2 % 1);          document.write(""+num3 % 1);           Output0.2999999999999998 0.20000000000000018 0.5999999999999996

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How to format hexadecimal Number in JavaScript?

Giri Raju
Giri Raju
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 2K+ Views

Firstly convert your number to hexadecimal with leading zeros and then format it by adding dashes.ExampleYou can try to run the following code to format hexadecimal number −Live Demo                    var num = 32122;          var myHex = ("000000000000000" + num.toString(16)).substr(-16);          var resHex = myHex.substr(0, 8)+'-'+myHex.substr(8,4)+'-'+myHex.substr(12,4);          document.write(resHex);           Output00000000-0000-7d7a

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How do you check that a number is NaN in JavaScript?

Krantik Chavan
Krantik Chavan
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 325 Views

NaN is a JavaScript property, which is Not-a-Number value. This shows it is not a legal number. Here’s the syntax −SyntaxNumber.NaNTo find out whether a number is NaN, use the Number.isNaN() or isNan() method. Here’s an example to check −ExampleLive Demo           Check                      function display() {             var a = "";             a = a + isNaN(434) + ": 434";             a = a + isNaN(-23.1) + ": -23.1";             a = a + isNaN('Hello') + ": 'Hello'";             a = a + isNaN(NaN) + ": NaN";             a = a + isNaN('') + ": ''";             a = a + isNaN(0) + ": 0";             a = a + isNaN(false) + ": false";             document.getElementById("test").innerHTML = a;          }          

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How to calculate the difference between two dates in JavaScript?

Jennifer Nicholas
Jennifer Nicholas
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 2K+ Views

To get dates in JavaScript, use the getTime() method. Forgetting the difference between two dates, calculate the difference between date and time.ExampleYou can try to run the following code to learn how to calculate a difference between two dates −Live Demo                    var dateFirst = new Date("11/25/2017");          var dateSecond = new Date("11/28/2017");          // time difference          var timeDiff = Math.abs(dateSecond.getTime() - dateFirst.getTime());          // days difference          var diffDays = Math.ceil(timeDiff / (1000 * 3600 * 24));          // difference          alert(diffDays);          

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