Location latitude and logitude precision returns less decimals than provided precision

[atilajanosi]

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Describe the bug

Some of our services are expecting latitude/longitude with 6 digit precision.

faker.latitude(longitude) has a prop to generate with specified precision but in case of last digit 0 the digit is not being returned meaning that we sometimes end up with precision 5.

Minimal reproduction code

const { faker } = require('@faker-js/faker')
for(let i=0;i<100;i++) {
	let latitude = '' + faker.location.latitude({ max: 64.856941, min: 19.501391, precision: 6 })
	console.log(latitude)
}

Additional Context

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Environment Info

System: macOS Sequoia Version 15.2
Node: v18.20.2
NPM: 10.5.0
Faker: "@faker-js/faker": "9.3.0"

Which module system do you use?

• CJS
• ESM

Used Package Manager

npm

[matthewmayer]

That's how JavaScript floating point numbers work. If you want to force the trailing zeros to appear, add a .toFixed(6) on the end

[ST-DDT]

@atilajanosi Does this answer your question/resolve your issues?