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Why method setValue doesn't output same as Browser.msgBox?

Since I could not make .toFixed(2) to work I designed my own piece of code to add desired decimal digits after the "." by simple joining two strings with + sign.
While Browser.msgBox outputs the 2 strings joined correctly as "1.00",
it seems like getRange.setValue outputs only the first of the 2 strings as "1" :(
function myFunction() {
var ss_calc = SpreadsheetApp.openById("1cFt0DbnpWGHquKk4ijxdKhwkaF8GhumWDWjTpHuSXbQ");
var sheet_calc = ss_calc.getSheetByName("Calcs");
var ss_source = SpreadsheetApp.openById("1gXeXmiw9EnzQXaiE7H8_zrilE2zyotlSuuIS8X9IxfQ");
var sheet_source = ss_source.getSheetByName("Farmah");
var decDig = ""; var strDec = ""; var impVal = "";
impVal = sheet_source.getRange(12,7).getValue().toString();
if (JSON.stringify(impVal).indexOf(".")>-1)
{ if (JSON.stringify(impVal).split(".")[1].length < 2 )
{
if (JSON.stringify(impVal).split(".")[1].length < 1)
{
decDig = "00";
}
else
{
decDig = "0";
}
}
}
else
{
decDig = ".00";
}
var strDec = impVal.toString() + decDig.toString();
Browser.msgBox(JSON.stringify(impVal).indexOf(".")+ "\\n" +
impVal.toString()+ "\\n" +
decDig+ "\\n" +
strDec);
sheet_calc.getRange(1,1).setValue(strDec);
}
From sheet_calc.getRange(1,1).setValue(strDec); I am expecting to get output "1.00" but I get only "1" :(
What am I missing?
Here are the links to google spreadsheets ( anyone with the link can edit :)
(above code has to be triggered manually by script editor in the first spreadsheet here under):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cFt0DbnpWGHquKk4ijxdKhwkaF8GhumWDWjTpHuSXbQ/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gXeXmiw9EnzQXaiE7H8_zrilE2zyotlSuuIS8X9IxfQ/edit?usp=sharing

You want to put the value of 1.00 to a cell "A1".
If my understanding is correct, how about this modification? I think that the reason of your issue is that the value by putting by setValue() is converted to the number. By this, 1 is shown. In order to put the value as 1.00, I think that there are 3 patterns. Please select one of them for your situation.
Pattern 1:
In this pattern, from your question, the value is put as a string using setNumberFormat("#").
From:
sheet_calc.getRange(1,1).setValue(strDec);
To:
sheet_calc.getRange(1,1).setNumberFormat("#").setValue(strDec);
Pattern 2:
In this pattern, from your question, the format of cell is set using setNumberFormat("0.00").
From:
sheet_calc.getRange(1,1).setValue(strDec);
To:
sheet_calc.getRange(1,1).setNumberFormat("0.00").setValue(strDec);
Pattern 3:
In this pattern, from the script of your shared Spreadsheet, When decDig is ".00", the format is set.
From:
sheet_calc.getRange(x+6,c).setValue(strDec);
To:
var range = sheet_calc.getRange(x+6,c);
if (decDig) {
range.setNumberFormat("0.00").setValue(strDec); // or setNumberFormat("#")
} else {
range.setValue(strDec);
}
Reference:
setNumberFormat(numberFormat)
If I misunderstood your question and this was not the result you want, I apologize.

From sheet_calc.getRange(1,1).setValue(strDec); I am expecting to get output "1.00" but I get only "1" :(
Google Sheets, as well as other spreadsheet apps, have an automatic data type assignation, so things that look as numbers are converted to Google Sheets number data type, etc.
You could prepend an ' to force that a value be treated as text or you could set the number format in such way that numbers are displayed with two decimals. The cell formatting could be applied in advance, i.e., by using the Google Sheets UI commands or you could use Apps Script to set the format for you.

how to add numbers with an infinite number of digits using column addition?

I am trying to develop the addition program using column addition in javascript, For e.g: 53,22 , we add numbers from the right 3+2 and 5+2 finally results in 75, the main problem is with large numbers i am trying to develop a program which can implement addition of large numbers.so that i don't get gibberish like 1.26E+9, when adding large numbers. i tried doing it by defining the code like below
function add(a,b)
{
return (Number(a) + Number(b)).toString();
}
console.log(add('58685486858601586', '8695758685'));
i am trying to get the added number without getting the gibberish like 5.8685496e+16

You can add them digit by digit.
function sumStrings(a, b) { // sum for any length
function carry(value, index) { // cash & carry
if (!value) { // no value no fun
return; // leave shop
}
this[index] = (this[index] || 0) + value; // add value
if (this[index] > 9) { // carry necessary?
carry.bind(this)(this[index] / 10 | 0, index + 1); // better know this & go on
this[index] %= 10; // remind me later
}
}
var array1 = a.split('').map(Number).reverse(), // split stuff and reverse
array2 = b.split('').map(Number).reverse(); // here as well
array1.forEach(carry, array2); // loop baby, shop every item
return array2.reverse().join(''); // return right ordered sum
}
document.write(sumStrings('58685486858601586', '8695758685') + '<br>');
document.write(sumStrings('999', '9') + '<br>');
document.write(sumStrings('9', '999') + '<br>');
document.write(sumStrings('1', '9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999') + '<br>');

I would keep all values as numbers until done with all the calculations. When ready to display just format the numbers in any way you want. For example you could use toLocaleString.

There are several libraries for that
A good rule of thumb is to make sure you do research for libraries before you actually go ahead and create you're own proprietary implementation of it. Found three different libraries that all solve your issue
bignumber.js
decimal.js
big.js
Example
This is how to use all three of the libraries, BigNumber coming from the bignumber.js library, Decimal from decimal.js and Big from big.js
var bn1 = new BigNumber('58685486858601586');
var bn2 = new BigNumber('8695758685');
console.log(bn1.plus(bn2).toString());
bn1 = new Decimal('58685486858601586');
bn2 = new Decimal('8695758685');
console.log(bn1.plus(bn2).toString());
bn1 = new Big('58685486858601586');
bn2 = new Big('8695758685');
console.log(bn1.plus(bn2).toString());
The console's output is :
58685495554360271
58685495554360271
58685495554360271

How do I convert String to Number according to locale (opposite of .toLocaleString)?

If I do:
var number = 3500;
alert(number.toLocaleString("hi-IN"));
I will get ३,५०० in Hindi.
But how can I convert it back to 3500.
I want something like:
var str='३,५००';
alert(str.toLocaleNumber("en-US"));
So, that it can give 3500.
Is it possible by javascript or jquery?

I think you are looking for something like:
https://github.com/jquery/globalize
Above link will take you to git project page. This is a js library contributed by Microsoft.
You should give it one try and try to use formt method of that plugin. If you want to study this plugin, here is the link for the same:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/jquery-globalization-plugin-from-microsoft
I hope this is what you are looking for and will resolve your problem soon. If it doesn't work, let me know.

Recently I've been struggling with the same problem of converting stringified number formatted in any locale back to the number.
I've got inspired by the solution implemented in NG Prime InputNumber component. They use Intl.NumberFormat.prototype.format() (which I recommend) to format the value to locale string, and then create set of RegExp expressions based on simple samples so they can cut off particular expressions from formatted string.
This solution can be simplified with using Intl.Numberformat.prototype.formatToParts(). This method returns information about grouping/decimal/currency and all the other separators used to format your value in particular locale, so you can easily clear them out of previously formatted string. It seems to be the easiest solution, that will cover all cases, but you must know in what locale the value has been previously formatted.
Why Ng Prime didn't go this way? I think its because Intl.Numberformat.prototype.formatToParts() does not support IE11, or perhaps there is something else I didn't notice.
A complete code example using this solution can be found here.

Unfortunately you will have to tackle the localisation manually. Inspired by this answer , I created a function that will manually replace the Hindi numbers:
function parseHindi(str) {
return Number(str.replace(/[०१२३४५६७८९]/g, function (d) {
return d.charCodeAt(0) - 2406;
}).replace(/[०१२३४५६७८९]/g, function (d) {
return d.charCodeAt(0) - 2415;
}));
}
alert(parseHindi("३५००"));
Fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/yyxgxav4/

You can try this out
function ConvertDigits(input, source, target) {
var systems = {
arabic: 48, english: 48, tamil: 3046, kannada: 3302, telugu: 3174, hindi: 2406,
malayalam: 3430, oriya: 2918, gurmukhi: 2662, nagari: 2534, gujarati: 2790,
},
output = [], offset = 0, zero = 0, nine = 0, char = 0;
source = source.toLowerCase();
target = target.toLowerCase();
if (!(source in systems && target in systems) || input == null || typeof input == "undefined" || typeof input == "object") {
return input;
}
input = input.toString();
offset = systems[target] - systems[source];
zero = systems[source];
nine = systems[source] + 9;
for (var i = 0 ; i < input.length; i++) {
var char = input.charCodeAt(i);
if (char >= zero && char <= nine) {
output.push(String.fromCharCode(char + offset));
} else {
output.push(input[i]);
}
}
return output.join("");
}
var res = ConvertDigits('१२३४५६७८९', 'hindi', 'english');
I got it from here
If you need a jquery thing then please try this link

Use the Globalize library.
Install it
npm install globalize cldr-data --save
then
var cldr = require("cldr-data");
var Globalize = require("globalize");
Globalize.load(cldr("supplemental/likelySubtags"));
Globalize.load(cldr("supplemental/numberingSystems"));
Globalize.load(cldr("supplemental/currencyData"));
//replace 'hi' with appropriate language tag
Globalize.load(cldr("main/hi/numbers"));
Globalize.load(cldr("main/hi/currencies"));
//You may replace the above locale-specific loads with the following line,
// which will load every type of CLDR language data for every available locale
// and may consume several hundred megs of memory!
//Use with caution.
//Globalize.load(cldr.all());
//Set the locale
//We use the extention u-nu-native to indicate that Devanagari and
// not Latin numerals should be used.
// '-u' means extension
// '-nu' means number
// '-native' means use native script
//Without -u-nu-native this example will not work
//See
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IETF_language_tag#Extension_U_.28Unicode_Locale.29
// for more details on the U language code extension
var hindiGlobalizer = Globalize('hi-IN-u-nu-native');
var parseHindiNumber = hindiGlobalizer.numberParser();
var formatHindiNumber = hindiGlobalizer.numberFormatter();
var formatRupeeCurrency = hindiGlobalizer.currencyFormatter("INR");
console.log(parseHindiNumber('३,५००')); //3500
console.log(formatHindiNumber(3500)); //३,५००
console.log(formatRupeeCurrency(3500)); //₹३,५००.००
https://github.com/codebling/globalize-example

A common scenario for this problem is to display a float number to the user and then want it back as a numerical value.
In that case, javascript has the number in the first place and looses it when formatting it for display. A simple workaround for the parsing is to store the real float value along with the formatted value:
var number = 3500;
div.innerHTML = number.toLocaleString("hi-IN");
div.dataset.value = number;
Then get it back by parsing the data attribute:
var number = parseFloat(div.dataset.value);
This is a Columbus's egg style answer. It works provided the problem is an egg.

var number = 3500;
var toLocaleString = number.toLocaleString("hi-IN")
var formatted = toLocaleString.replace(',','')
var converted = parseInt(formatted)

Parse HTML source for dollar amounts then set highest amount as var

I need a JavaScript function that will parse the HTML source of the page from which it is called as an external script, retrieve any dollar amounts in the source, and set the highest dollar amount to a JavaScript variable.
So for instance, if the page contains the text, "Your product is $40.32 and tax is $4.50, your total is $44.82.", the JS should parse those values and set $44.82 to "var total" as the highest amount. Possible?

Thanks based on the tips I wrote this, which works. Hopefully yours or my solution will help others:
var dochtml = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML;
dochtml = dochtml.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"");
var price_array = new Array;
var pattmatch = /(\$(([0-9]{0,1})?.[0-9]{1,2}))|(\$([1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,2}([,][0-9]{3})*)(.[0-9]{1,2})?)/gi;
price_array = dochtml.match(pattmatch);
if (price_array) {
for (var i=0; itotal || !total) {
var total=price_array[i];
}
}
document.write(total);
}

You can grab the HTML of the current document from the Javascript by grabbing the document's innerHtml, something like:
document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].innerHTML
Then you can pull out all the currency values with a regular expression, something like:
((\$(([0-9]{0,1})?\.[0-9]{1,2}))|(\$([1-9]{1}[0-9]{0,2}([,][0-9]{3})*)(\.[0-9]{1,2})?))
Just loop through all the matches and every time the current match is greater than the value in total, set total to the current match.
Disclaimer: That regex was pulled from the community on http://gskinner.com/RegExr/ and I can't promise you it's 100% fullproof.

Take a look at this question here, which demonstrates how to extract numbers from a String: Javascript extracting number from string
Try this:
// get all content from page
var content = document.body.innerHTML;
// create an array of all dollar amounts in the content
arrayNum = content.match(/\$[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/g);
// display array of numbers
console.info(arrayNum);
var high = 0;
for(var i = 0; i < arrayNum.length; i++) {
// remove the dollar sign and cast the string to a float
arrayNum[i] = parseFloat(arrayNum[i].substring(1));
// get the high value - O(n) operation
high = ( (arrayNum[i]) > high ) ? arrayNum[i] : high;
}
alert("High value = " high);

Best way to generate unique ids client-side (with Javascript)

I need to generate unique ids in the browser. Currently, I'm using this:
Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000000000000001)
I'd like to use the current UNIX time ((new Date).getTime()), but I'm worried that if two clients generate ids at the exact same time, they wouldn't be unique.
Can I use the current UNIX time (I'd like to because that way ids would store more information)? If not, what's the best way to do this (maybe UNIX time + 2 random digits?)

you can create a GUID using the following links:
http://softwareas.com/guid0-a-javascript-guid-generator
Create GUID / UUID in JavaScript?
This will maximise your chance of "uniqueness."
Alternatively, if it is a secure page, you can concatenate the date/time with the username to prevent multiple simultaneous generated values.

https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid provides RFC compliant UUIDs based on either timestamp or random #'s. Single-file with no dependencies, supports timestamp or random #-based UUIDs, uses native APIs for crypto-quality random numbers if available, plus other goodies.

In modern browser you can use crypto:
var array = new Uint32Array(1);
window.crypto.getRandomValues(array);
console.log(array);

var c = 1;
function cuniq() {
var d = new Date(),
m = d.getMilliseconds() + "",
u = ++d + m + (++c === 10000 ? (c = 1) : c);
return u;
}

Here is my javascript code to generate guid. It does quick hex mapping and very efficient:
AuthenticationContext.prototype._guid = function () {
// RFC4122: The version 4 UUID is meant for generating UUIDs from truly-random or
// pseudo-random numbers.
// The algorithm is as follows:
// Set the two most significant bits (bits 6 and 7) of the
// clock_seq_hi_and_reserved to zero and one, respectively.
// Set the four most significant bits (bits 12 through 15) of the
// time_hi_and_version field to the 4-bit version number from
// Section 4.1.3. Version4
// Set all the other bits to randomly (or pseudo-randomly) chosen
// values.
// UUID = time-low "-" time-mid "-"time-high-and-version "-"clock-seq-reserved and low(2hexOctet)"-" node
// time-low = 4hexOctet
// time-mid = 2hexOctet
// time-high-and-version = 2hexOctet
// clock-seq-and-reserved = hexOctet:
// clock-seq-low = hexOctet
// node = 6hexOctet
// Format: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
// y could be 1000, 1001, 1010, 1011 since most significant two bits needs to be 10
// y values are 8, 9, A, B
var guidHolder = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx';
var hex = '0123456789abcdef';
var r = 0;
var guidResponse = "";
for (var i = 0; i < 36; i++) {
if (guidHolder[i] !== '-' && guidHolder[i] !== '4') {
// each x and y needs to be random
r = Math.random() * 16 | 0;
}
if (guidHolder[i] === 'x') {
guidResponse += hex[r];
} else if (guidHolder[i] === 'y') {
// clock-seq-and-reserved first hex is filtered and remaining hex values are random
r &= 0x3; // bit and with 0011 to set pos 2 to zero ?0??
r |= 0x8; // set pos 3 to 1 as 1???
guidResponse += hex[r];
} else {
guidResponse += guidHolder[i];
}
}
return guidResponse;
};

You can always run a test against existing IDs in the set to accept or reject the generated random number recursively.
for example:
const randomID = function(){
let id = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000000000000001) + new Date();
if (idObjectArray.contains(id)) {
randomID;
} else {
idObjectArray.push(id);
}
};
This example assumes you would just be pushing the id into a 1D array, but you get the idea. There shouldn't be many collisions given the uniqueness of the random number with the date, so it should be efficient.

There are two ways to achieve this
js const id = Date.now().toString()
While this does not guarantee uniqueness (When you are creating multiple objects within 1ms), this will work on a practical level, since it is usually not long before the objects on the client are sent to a real server.
If you wanted to create multiple records withing 1ms, I suggest using the code below
const { randomBytes } = require("crypto");
// 32 Characters
const id = randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
It works similar to a uuid4 without needing to add an external library (Assuming you have access to NodeJs at some point)