RangeError: precision is out of range
The JavaScript exception "precision is out of range" occurs when a number that'soutside of the allowed range was passed intotoExponential,toFixed, ortoPrecision.
Message
RangeError: toExponential() argument must be between 0 and 100 (V8-based & Safari)RangeError: toFixed() digits argument must be between 0 and 100 (V8-based & Safari)RangeError: toPrecision() argument must be between 1 and 100 (V8-based & Safari)RangeError: precision -1 out of range (Firefox)
Error type
What went wrong?
There was an out of range precision argument in one of these methods:
Number.prototype.toExponential(), which requires the arguments to be between 0 and 100, inclusive.Number.prototype.toFixed(), which requires the arguments to be between 0 and 100, inclusive.Number.prototype.toPrecision(), which requires the arguments to be between 1 and 100, inclusive.
Examples
Invalid cases
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(77.1234).toExponential(-1); // RangeError(77.1234).toExponential(101); // RangeError(2.34).toFixed(-100); // RangeError(2.34).toFixed(1001); // RangeError(1234.5).toPrecision(-1); // RangeError(1234.5).toPrecision(101); // RangeErrorValid cases
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(77.1234).toExponential(4); // 7.7123e+1(77.1234).toExponential(2); // 7.71e+1(2.34).toFixed(1); // 2.3(2.35).toFixed(1); // 2.4 (note that it rounds up in this case)(5.123456).toPrecision(5); // 5.1235(5.123456).toPrecision(2); // 5.1(5.123456).toPrecision(1); // 5