Why JavaScript Changed My Number

🤯 Why did JavaScript change my number? let a = 9999999999999999; console.log(a); // 10000000000000000 I didn’t change the value… But JavaScript did. 💡 Reason? JavaScript stores numbers as 64-bit floating point (IEEE 754) Because of this, it can only safely represent numbers up to: 👉 2^53 - 1 Beyond that → precision is lost ❌ So: 👉 9999999999999999 becomes 10000000000000000 ✅ Fix: Use BigInt let a = 9999999999999999n; 💭 Did you know this before? #JavaScript #Coding #Developers #WebDevelopment #Programming

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