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How to store and show 7 digit after decimal using number(decimal) data type

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November 7, 2023
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Hi All,

I need to show and store 7 digits after decimal and before decimal its 'n' number and the data type is number(decimal) how I can do that?

Thanks in advance.

stefanhelzle0001

Brainy

I am not sure what you are looking for.

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/23.3/Appian_Data_Types.html#number-(decimal)

stewart.burchell

Do you want to allow the user to enter any number but always have it be presented in the User Interface always with the full 7 digits after the decimal point? Examples:

Enter: 123 -> presented as 123.0000000

Enter: 12.12345678 -> presented as 12.1234568

Enter: .2 -> presented as 0.2000000

Is that the requirement?

S

suyogk0001Author

Thanx For the reply Stewart

If user enter 12345.1234567899 then in UI it should show and store only 1234.1234567

if enter 123456.12 it will show as it is, only after 7 digits it will not show

stewart.burchell

Ok, so you need to separate in your mind how the data is held in memory (this will be using a Decimal data type) from how you want it captured/presented to the user. This code snippet might help:

a!textField(
    label: "My Decimal",
    value: fixed(ri!myDecimal,7),
    saveInto: {
      a!save(
        ri!myDecimal,
        if(
          fn!regexmatch(
            "^\d*(\.\d+)?$",
            save!value,
            "i"
          ),
          save!value,
          0
        )
      ),
    }
  ),

The ri!myDecimal is of type Number(Decimal) but as you can see I'm using a Text Field to allow the user to enter their value.

Where the text entered conforms to the pattern of a Decimal (that's what the RegEx expression is checking) then it is presented as a Decimal with 7 digits after the decimal point (that's what the fixed() function is doing)

Because the input field is text you need to handle the fact that a user might enter non-decimal representations e.g. "ABC". That's what the second part of the if() statement is doing.

Hope this helps.

J

jesush905075