Round to Human

Will return a nice rounded number that's easily digestible by humans. This is useful, for example, to programmatically generate an ever increasing number of bonus points, without generating numbers that look "weird".

npm install round-to-human

# Will return a nice rounded number that's easily digestible by humans. This is 
# useful, for example, to programmatically generate an ever increasing number of 
# bonus points, without generating numbers that look "weird". 
#  
# @param n - {Number} the number we want to round 
# @param options - {Object}: 
#   - threshold - Start rounding numbers only if they're above the threshold. By 
#     default, 10. 
#   - multiple - The multiple to use. Set to 10 by default. 5 is also recommended. 
#   - upwards - whether to always round upwards or not. 
#   - significant - number of significant digits to keep 
#  
module.exports = round_to_human = (n, options = {}) ->
    # Set the threshold to 10 by default. 
    options.threshold ||= 10
    # Set the multiple to 10 by default. 
    options.multiple ||= 10
    # Set the significant digits to 2 by default 
    options.significant ||= 2
    # Set the upward setting to true by default 
    options.upwards ?= true
    # Round N to an integer 
    n = Math.round(n)
    # Return the rounded number if it's lesser than or equal to the threshold 
    return n if n <= options.threshold
    # Square 10 by the number of digits in `n` minus the significant digits 
    exponent = n.toString().length - options.significant - 1
    len = Math.pow(10, exponent) * options.multiple
    # Get the maximum between the multiple and the length, in case the digits in 
    # the number are lesser than or equal to the significant digits 
    len = Math.max(options.multiple, len)
    # Round the number, plus the length, with the length as the multiple 
    if options.upwards and n % len
    then round(n + len / 2 - 0.1, len)
    else round(n, len)

t = 1
for i in [0..200]
    t *= 1.15
    console.log "#{t}: #{round_to_human(t, multiple: 5)}"

1.15: 1
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1.5208749999999995: 2
1.7490062499999994: 2
2.0113571874999994: 2
2.313060765624999: 2
2.6600198804687487: 3
3.0590228625390607: 3
3.5178762919199196: 4
4.0455577357079076: 4
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