function generateNumber()

in benchmark/old.js [349:402]


    function generateNumber(value) {
        var result, point, temp, exponent, pos;

        if (value !== value) {
            throw new Error('Numeric literal whose value is NaN');
        }
        if (value < 0 || (value === 0 && 1 / value < 0)) {
            throw new Error('Numeric literal whose value is negative');
        }

        if (value === 1 / 0) {
            return json ? 'null' : renumber ? '1e400' : '1e+400';
        }

        result = '' + value;
        if (!renumber || result.length < 3) {
            return result;
        }

        point = result.indexOf('.');
        if (!json && result.charCodeAt(0) === 0x30  /* 0 */ && point === 1) {
            point = 0;
            result = result.slice(1);
        }
        temp = result;
        result = result.replace('e+', 'e');
        exponent = 0;
        if ((pos = temp.indexOf('e')) > 0) {
            exponent = +temp.slice(pos + 1);
            temp = temp.slice(0, pos);
        }
        if (point >= 0) {
            exponent -= temp.length - point - 1;
            temp = +(temp.slice(0, point) + temp.slice(point + 1)) + '';
        }
        pos = 0;
        while (temp.charCodeAt(temp.length + pos - 1) === 0x30  /* 0 */) {
            --pos;
        }
        if (pos !== 0) {
            exponent -= pos;
            temp = temp.slice(0, pos);
        }
        if (exponent !== 0) {
            temp += 'e' + exponent;
        }
        if ((temp.length < result.length ||
                    (hexadecimal && value > 1e12 && Math.floor(value) === value && (temp = '0x' + value.toString(16)).length < result.length)) &&
                +temp === value) {
            result = temp;
        }

        return result;
    }