Work With Numbers

RightJS provides several small but handy features that might make the work with numbers easier and more natural for object oriented programmers

top ↑Strings To Numbers Conversion

The String class has two methods to convert its instances to numbers, String#toInt and String#toFloat. The usage is simple

'10px'.toInt(); // -> 10
'0.001'.toFloat(); // -> 0.001

You also can use the String#toInt method to convert hex values into decimal numbers

'FF'.toInt(16); // -> 255
'8B'.toInt(16); // -> 139

The String#toFloat method will also automatically recognize a comma and dash symbols as the decimal point.

'0.01'.toFloat(); // -> 0.01
'0,02'.toFloat(); // -> 0.02
'0-03'.toFloat(); // -> 0.03

If you want to disable this feature, just pass true as the argument

'0.01'.toFloat(true); // -> 0.01
'0,02'.toFloat(true); // -> 0
'0-03'.toFloat(true); // -> 0

top ↑Number Extensions

The Number class has most of the Math module methods like abs, floor, ceil, round attached to the instance level, so that you can work with them directly without calling the Math module.

15.4.abs(); // -> 15.4
15.4.round(); // -> 15
15.4.ceil(); // -> 16
15.4.floor(); // -> 15

top ↑Ruby Style Loops

In additional the Number class supports the Ruby language style loops for the numbers: Number#times, Number#downto and Number#upto

4..times(function(i) {
// ....
});

4..downto(2, function(i) {
// ....
});

4..upto(8, function(i) {
// ....
});

top ↑Random Numbers Generator

By default the Math.random method returns float numbers between 0 and 1. RigthJS extends this method and makes it generate integer numbers in a given range, if specified.

Math.random(); // a Float between 0 and 1

Math.random(8); // an Integer between 0 and 8

Math.random(1,4); // an Integer between 1 and 4

 

That’s it. Have fun!