shiftedBy unexpected output

[blake256]

Hello @MikeMcl

I'm not sure if this is intended behavior or not but the following conversion returns an unexpected value:

new BigNumber(1.111111111111111111).shiftedBy(18).toFixed()

1111111111111111200 = actual 1111111111111111111 = expected

1. Maybe I'm missing some rounding configuration option or something else?
2. shiftedBy(18) is the same as times(new BigNumber(10).pow(18)) correct?

[shuckster]

One of the reasons APIs like BigNumber exist is to avoid the problems of the native JavaScript number type, which you've provided as input.

To fix it, use a string instead:

new BigNumber('1.111111111111111111').shiftedBy(18).toFixed()
// "1111111111111111111"

[blake256]

One of the reasons APIs like BigNumber exist is to avoid the problems of the native JavaScript number type, which you've provided as input.

To fix it, use a string instead:

new BigNumber('1.111111111111111111').shiftedBy(18).toFixed()
// "1111111111111111111"

Good point, thank you very much ser!