Float displaying with a bunch of random numbers after decimal.

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We do weekly releases of an in house software. So I have a custom field in a project that is a float that is used for the build number. I am using a on schedule workflow to find last weeks ticket and generate a new ticket and automatically go to the next build number. I am using the following code to get the value for the previous build number and get the next build number.

var Previous_Build = ctx.issue.fields.Build_Number;
var Next_Build = Previous_Build + 0.001;
console.log("Build: " + Next_Build);

So the previous build is 1.175 and gets +0.001. It should just be 1.176 but my console shows up as 1.176999855041504. 

 

I believe this may be a bug. Is there a workaround or a way to remove the trailing numbers without rounding or a way to round down?

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The random numbers after the float are still an issue but the workaround was to just round the numbers.

This rounds up the last digit and leaves 3 decimal places.

var Next_Build = Math.round(Next_Build * 1000) / 1000;

 

This is the same thing but rounds down. 

var Next_Build = Math.floor(Next_Build * 1000) / 1000;

 

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