refactor(number): replace precision with fractionDigits

src/modules/color/index.ts

@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export class ColorModule {
 
     color = Array.from({ length: 3 }, () => this.faker.number.int(255));
     if (includeAlpha) {
-      color.push(this.faker.number.float({ precision: 0.01 }));
+      color.push(this.faker.number.float({ fractionDigits: 2 }));
       cssFunction = 'rgba';
     }
 
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ export class ColorModule {
   }): string | number[];
   cmyk(options?: { format?: ColorFormat }): string | number[] {
     const color: string | number[] = Array.from({ length: 4 }, () =>
-      this.faker.number.float({ precision: 0.01 })
+      this.faker.number.float({ fractionDigits: 2 })
     );
     return toColorFormat(color, options?.format || 'decimal', 'cmyk');
   }
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ export class ColorModule {
   }): string | number[] {
     const hsl: number[] = [this.faker.number.int(360)];
     for (let i = 0; i < (options?.includeAlpha ? 3 : 2); i++) {
-      hsl.push(this.faker.number.float({ precision: 0.01 }));
+      hsl.push(this.faker.number.float({ fractionDigits: 2 }));
     }
 
     return toColorFormat(
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ export class ColorModule {
   }): string | number[] {
     const hsl: number[] = [this.faker.number.int(360)];
     for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-      hsl.push(this.faker.number.float({ precision: 0.01 }));
+      hsl.push(this.faker.number.float({ fractionDigits: 2 }));
     }
 
     return toColorFormat(hsl, options?.format || 'decimal', 'hwb');
@@ -755,10 +755,10 @@ export class ColorModule {
     format?: ColorFormat;
   }): string | number[];
   lab(options?: { format?: ColorFormat }): string | number[] {
-    const lab = [this.faker.number.float({ precision: 0.000001 })];
+    const lab = [this.faker.number.float({ fractionDigits: 6 })];
     for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
       lab.push(
-        this.faker.number.float({ min: -100, max: 100, precision: 0.0001 })
+        this.faker.number.float({ min: -100, max: 100, fractionDigits: 4 })
       );
     }
 
@@ -850,9 +850,9 @@ export class ColorModule {
     format?: ColorFormat;
   }): string | number[];
   lch(options?: { format?: ColorFormat }): string | number[] {
-    const lch = [this.faker.number.float({ precision: 0.000001 })];
+    const lch = [this.faker.number.float({ fractionDigits: 6 })];
     for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-      lch.push(this.faker.number.float({ max: 230, precision: 0.1 }));
+      lch.push(this.faker.number.float({ max: 230, fractionDigits: 1 }));
     }
 
     return toColorFormat(lch, options?.format || 'decimal', 'lch');
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ export class ColorModule {
     }
 
     const color = Array.from({ length: 3 }, () =>
-      this.faker.number.float({ precision: 0.0001 })
+      this.faker.number.float({ fractionDigits: 4 })
     );
     return toColorFormat(
       color,

src/modules/finance/index.ts

@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ export class FinanceModule {
     const randValue = this.faker.number.float({
       max,
       min,
-      precision: 10 ** -dec,
+      fractionDigits: dec,
     });
 
     let formattedString: string;

src/modules/helpers/index.ts

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ export class HelpersModule {
     const random = this.faker.number.float({
       min: 0,
       max: total,
-      precision: 1e-9,
+      fractionDigits: 9,
     });
     let current = 0;
     for (const { weight, value } of array) {

src/modules/location/index.ts

@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ export class LocationModule {
 
     const { max = 90, min = legacyMin, precision = legacyPrecision } = options;
 
-    return this.faker.number.float({ min, max, precision: 10 ** -precision });
+    return this.faker.number.float({ min, max, fractionDigits: precision });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ export class LocationModule {
 
     const { max = 180, min = legacyMin, precision = legacyPrecision } = options;
 
-    return this.faker.number.float({ max, min, precision: 10 ** -precision });
+    return this.faker.number.float({ max, min, fractionDigits: precision });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -873,15 +873,15 @@ export class LocationModule {
 
     const angleRadians = this.faker.number.float({
       max: 2 * Math.PI,
-      precision: 0.00001,
+      fractionDigits: 5,
     }); // in ° radians
 
     const radiusMetric = isMetric ? radius : radius * 1.60934; // in km
     const errorCorrection = 0.995; // avoid float issues
     const distanceInKm =
       this.faker.number.float({
         max: radiusMetric,
-        precision: 0.001,
+        fractionDigits: 3,
       }) * errorCorrection; // in km
 
     /**

src/modules/number/index.ts

@@ -93,15 +93,18 @@ export class NumberModule {
    * @param options Upper bound or options object. Defaults to `{}`.
    * @param options.min Lower bound for generated number. Defaults to `0.0`.
    * @param options.max Upper bound for generated number. Defaults to `1.0`.
-   * @param options.precision Precision of the generated number, for example `0.01` will round to 2 decimal points.
+   * @param options.fractionDigits The number of digits to appear after the decimal point. Defaults to `16`.
+   *
+   * @throws If options.max is smaller than options.min.
+   * @throws If options.fractionDigits is negative.
    *
    * @example
    * faker.number.float() // 0.5688541042618454
    * faker.number.float(3) // 2.367973240558058
    * faker.number.float({ min: -1000000 }) //-780678.849672846
    * faker.number.float({ max: 100 }) // 17.3687307164073
-   * faker.number.float({ precision: 0.1 }) // 0.9
-   * faker.number.float({ min: 10, max: 100, precision: 0.001 }) // 35.415
+   * faker.number.float({ fractionDigits: 1 }) // 0.9
+   * faker.number.float({ min: 10, max: 100, v: 3 }) // 35.415
    *
    * @since 8.0.0
    */
@@ -122,11 +125,11 @@ export class NumberModule {
            */
           max?: number;
           /**
-           * Precision of the generated number.
+           * The number of digits to appear after the decimal point.
            *
-           * @default 0.01
+           * @default 16
            */
-          precision?: number;
+          fractionDigits?: number;
         } = {}
   ): number {
     if (typeof options === 'number') {
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ export class NumberModule {
       };
     }
 
-    const { min = 0, max = 1, precision } = options;
+    const { min = 0, max = 1, fractionDigits = 16 } = options;
 
     if (max === min) {
       return min;
@@ -145,23 +148,17 @@ export class NumberModule {
       throw new FakerError(`Max ${max} should be greater than min ${min}.`);
     }
 
-    if (precision !== undefined) {
-      if (precision <= 0) {
-        throw new FakerError(`Precision should be greater than 0.`);
-      }
-
-      const factor = 1 / precision;
-      const int = this.int({
-        min: min * factor,
-        max: max * factor,
-      });
-      return int / factor;
-    } else {
-      // @ts-expect-error: access private member field
-      const mersenne: Mersenne = this.faker._mersenne;
-      const real = mersenne.next();
-      return real * (max - min) + min;
+    if (fractionDigits < 0) {
+      throw new FakerError(
+        'The fractional digits count should be greater than 0.'
+      );
     }
+
+    // @ts-expect-error: access private member field
+    const mersenne: Mersenne = this.faker._mersenne;
+    const real = mersenne.next() * (max - min) + min;
+
+    return parseFloat(real.toFixed(fractionDigits));
   }
 
   /**

test/__snapshots__/color.spec.ts.snap

@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ exports[`color > 42 > cmyk 1`] = `
 [
   0.37,
   0.8,
-  0.96,
+  0.95,
   0.18,
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`color > 42 > colorByCSSColorSpace 1`] = `
 [
   0.3745,
-  0.7966,
-  0.9508,
+  0.7965,
+  0.9507,
 ]
 `;
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ exports[`color > 42 > hsl 1`] = `
 [
   135,
   0.8,
-  0.96,
+  0.95,
 ]
 `;
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ exports[`color > 42 > hwb 1`] = `
 [
   135,
   0.8,
-  0.96,
+  0.95,
 ]
 `;
 
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ exports[`color > 1211 > cmyk 1`] = `
 [
   0.93,
   0.46,
-  0.9,
+  0.89,
   0.78,
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`color > 1211 > colorByCSSColorSpace 1`] = `
 [
-  0.9286,
+  0.9285,
   0.459,
   0.8935,
 ]
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ exports[`color > 1211 > hsl 1`] = `
 [
   335,
   0.46,
-  0.9,
+  0.89,
 ]
 `;
 
@@ -94,21 +94,21 @@ exports[`color > 1211 > hwb 1`] = `
 [
   335,
   0.46,
-  0.9,
+  0.89,
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`color > 1211 > lab 1`] = `
 [
-  0.928521,
+  0.92852,
   -8.197,
-  78.6944,
+  78.6943,
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`color > 1211 > lch 1`] = `
 [
-  0.928521,
+  0.92852,
   105.6,
   205.5,
 ]
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ exports[`color > 1337 > colorByCSSColorSpace 1`] = `
 [
   0.262,
   0.5605,
-  0.1586,
+  0.1587,
 ]
 `;
 
@@ -159,15 +159,15 @@ exports[`color > 1337 > hwb 1`] = `
 
 exports[`color > 1337 > lab 1`] = `
 [
-  0.262024,
+  0.262025,
   12.106,
   -68.2632,
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`color > 1337 > lch 1`] = `
 [
-  0.262024,
+  0.262025,
   128.9,
   36.5,
 ]

test/__snapshots__/finance.spec.ts.snap

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ exports[`finance > 42 > amount > with min and max option 1`] = `"24.98"`;
 
 exports[`finance > 42 > amount > with min option 1`] = `"380.79"`;
 
-exports[`finance > 42 > amount > with min, leagcy max, leagcy dec and leagcy symbol 1`] = `"$24.98161"`;
+exports[`finance > 42 > amount > with min, leagcy max, leagcy dec and leagcy symbol 1`] = `"$24.98160"`;
 
-exports[`finance > 42 > amount > with min, max and dec option 1`] = `"24.98161"`;
+exports[`finance > 42 > amount > with min, max and dec option 1`] = `"24.98160"`;
 
-exports[`finance > 42 > amount > with min, max, dec and symbol option 1`] = `"#24.98161"`;
+exports[`finance > 42 > amount > with min, max, dec and symbol option 1`] = `"#24.98160"`;
 
-exports[`finance > 42 > amount > with min, max, dec, symbol and autoFormat option 1`] = `"#24.98161"`;
+exports[`finance > 42 > amount > with min, max, dec, symbol and autoFormat option 1`] = `"#24.98160"`;
 
 exports[`finance > 42 > bic > noArgs 1`] = `"UYETSCLLG53"`;
 
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ exports[`finance > 1211 > accountName 1`] = `"Personal Loan Account"`;
 
 exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > noArgs 1`] = `"928.52"`;
 
-exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > with leagcy dec 1`] = `"928.52016"`;
+exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > with leagcy dec 1`] = `"928.52015"`;
 
 exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > with leagcy max 1`] = `"46.43"`;
 
-exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > with min 1`] = `"929.24"`;
+exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > with min 1`] = `"929.23"`;
 
-exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > with min and max option 1`] = `"47.15"`;
+exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > with min and max option 1`] = `"47.14"`;
 
-exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > with min option 1`] = `"929.24"`;
+exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > with min option 1`] = `"929.23"`;
 
 exports[`finance > 1211 > amount > with min, leagcy max, leagcy dec and leagcy symbol 1`] = `"$47.14081"`;
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ exports[`finance > 1337 > accountName 1`] = `"Money Market Account"`;
 
 exports[`finance > 1337 > amount > noArgs 1`] = `"262.02"`;
 
-exports[`finance > 1337 > amount > with leagcy dec 1`] = `"262.02467"`;
+exports[`finance > 1337 > amount > with leagcy dec 1`] = `"262.02468"`;
 
 exports[`finance > 1337 > amount > with leagcy max 1`] = `"13.10"`;