diff --git a/1-js/05-data-types/02-number/article.md b/1-js/05-data-types/02-number/article.md index 330b2e12..98d0ce85 100644 --- a/1-js/05-data-types/02-number/article.md +++ b/1-js/05-data-types/02-number/article.md @@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ There are two ways to do so: alert( num.toFixed(5) ); // "12.34000", added zeroes to make exactly 5 digits ``` - We can convert it to a number using the unary plus or a `Number()` call: `+num.toFixed(5)`. + We can convert it to a number using the unary plus or a `Number()` call, e.g write `+num.toFixed(5)`. ## Imprecise calculations Internally, a number is represented in 64-bit format [IEEE-754](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-2008_revision), so there are exactly 64 bits to store a number: 52 of them are used to store the digits, 11 of them store the position of the decimal point (they are zero for integer numbers), and 1 bit is for the sign. -If a number is too big, it would overflow the 64-bit storage, potentially giving an infinity: +If a number is really huge, it may overflow the 64-bit storage and become a special numeric value `Infinity`: ```js run alert( 1e500 ); // Infinity @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ alert( 1e500 ); // Infinity What may be a little less obvious, but happens quite often, is the loss of precision. -Consider this (falsy!) test: +Consider this (falsy!) equality test: ```js run alert( 0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3 ); // *!*false*/!*