RE: Bean Bug?
Okay, I (finally) agree with you. Thanks for the explanations. Mark -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:35 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Bean Bug? Mark, Regardless of how the number is formatted, there will always be a problem when handling currency amounts as floating numbers. Multiplication and division operations will introduce rounding errors. I have found that it is best to store currency amounts as ints and then have code in the beans to format the values for display. This also can ease I18n issues when dealing with currencies that don't contain decimals. Regards, Richard At 06:22 AM 5/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: I see your point, but aren't you incurring unnecessary formatting overhead in the presentation tier (to say nothing of ongoing maintenance)? Any Struts tag that writes to the presentation tier should take such formatting issues into consideration. For example, the formatting tag that Chandras suggests (or using java.text.NumberFormat in the action) look like good solutions. Mark -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:55 PM Mark, In continuing with my last email. 1.00 would be stored as 100 in an int. -Richard At 03:52 PM 4/30/2002 -0700, you wrote: Mark, To store decimal numbers or any currency for that matter as ints, you store the values as the smallest unit of currency. For dollars, this is 0.01 or a cent. You then can avoid any round off errors when doing multiplication or division. Regards, Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Bean Bug?
(1) Use BigDecimal for all financial currency amounts (2) Write your own Custom Tag to print out monetary data. It is easy to subclass org.apache.struts.taglib.bean.WriteTag to provide a custom tag similar to acme:numberFormat format=#,###.00(#,###.00) name=obj property=moneyAttr / -- Peter Pilgrim ++44 (0)207-545-9923 Swamped under electronic mails Message History From: Galbreath, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 30/04/2002 18:15 AST Please respond to Struts Users Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:'Struts Users Mailing List' [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Bean Bug? I'd be interested in how you can use ints for decimal numbers. The right way is to use BIG_DECIMAL, but I have to use the session bean method given me for my bean data. But this still does not address the issue of the bean:write behavior. Mark -Original Message- From: Micael Padraig Og mac Grene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:00 PM First Principle of Economics: ever use float or double for money. Use ints. Or, for serious money, longs. 'The real problem is not the output but the whole idea. micael At 05:56 PM 4/30/02 -0400, you wrote: I'm using a simple bean:write name=phone property=price / which grabs a float price from the form bean. The display, however, is unpredictable. For a price of 25.00, e.g., can get returns of 25.00, 25.0 and 25. Anybody else experiencing this behavior? I've had to wrap the bean:write with JavaScript to get the formatting correct. Mark De recta non tolerandum sunt. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Bean Bug?
I see your point, but aren't you incurring unnecessary formatting overhead in the presentation tier (to say nothing of ongoing maintenance)? Any Struts tag that writes to the presentation tier should take such formatting issues into consideration. For example, the formatting tag that Chandras suggests (or using java.text.NumberFormat in the action) look like good solutions. Mark -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:55 PM Mark, In continuing with my last email. 1.00 would be stored as 100 in an int. -Richard At 03:52 PM 4/30/2002 -0700, you wrote: Mark, To store decimal numbers or any currency for that matter as ints, you store the values as the smallest unit of currency. For dollars, this is 0.01 or a cent. You then can avoid any round off errors when doing multiplication or division. Regards, Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Bean Bug?
Mark, Regardless of how the number is formatted, there will always be a problem when handling currency amounts as floating numbers. Multiplication and division operations will introduce rounding errors. I have found that it is best to store currency amounts as ints and then have code in the beans to format the values for display. This also can ease I18n issues when dealing with currencies that don't contain decimals. Regards, Richard At 06:22 AM 5/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: I see your point, but aren't you incurring unnecessary formatting overhead in the presentation tier (to say nothing of ongoing maintenance)? Any Struts tag that writes to the presentation tier should take such formatting issues into consideration. For example, the formatting tag that Chandras suggests (or using java.text.NumberFormat in the action) look like good solutions. Mark -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:55 PM Mark, In continuing with my last email. 1.00 would be stored as 100 in an int. -Richard At 03:52 PM 4/30/2002 -0700, you wrote: Mark, To store decimal numbers or any currency for that matter as ints, you store the values as the smallest unit of currency. For dollars, this is 0.01 or a cent. You then can avoid any round off errors when doing multiplication or division. Regards, Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Bean Bug?
I would think (hope, rather) that calculations are not being performed in the form beans. While you are correct about rounding errors, this has nothing to do with display beans(for want of a better word) For example, reading a float/double value from a database and displaying it requires this kind of formatting. I think this is what Mark is asking about. -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:35 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Bean Bug? Mark, Regardless of how the number is formatted, there will always be a problem when handling currency amounts as floating numbers. Multiplication and division operations will introduce rounding errors. I have found that it is best to store currency amounts as ints and then have code in the beans to format the values for display. This also can ease I18n issues when dealing with currencies that don't contain decimals. Regards, Richard At 06:22 AM 5/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: I see your point, but aren't you incurring unnecessary formatting overhead in the presentation tier (to say nothing of ongoing maintenance)? Any Struts tag that writes to the presentation tier should take such formatting issues into consideration. For example, the formatting tag that Chandras suggests (or using java.text.NumberFormat in the action) look like good solutions. Mark -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:55 PM Mark, In continuing with my last email. 1.00 would be stored as 100 in an int. -Richard At 03:52 PM 4/30/2002 -0700, you wrote: Mark, To store decimal numbers or any currency for that matter as ints, you store the values as the smallest unit of currency. For dollars, this is 0.01 or a cent. You then can avoid any round off errors when doing multiplication or division. Regards, Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Bean Bug?
Chandra, I think the point I am trying to make is that if you store amounts as integers in the database, you can avoid a lot of problems with rounding errors and the code that is necessary to avoid them in your business logic. I have had to add a lot of code to deal with the removal of fractional cents every time a multiplication or division operation is done on a value and when storing amounts. I've found that its easier just to store the amount as an integer and deal with the formatting when displaying the value. -Richard At 12:40 PM 5/1/2002 -0500, you wrote: I would think (hope, rather) that calculations are not being performed in the form beans. While you are correct about rounding errors, this has nothing to do with display beans(for want of a better word) For example, reading a float/double value from a database and displaying it requires this kind of formatting. I think this is what Mark is asking about. -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:35 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Bean Bug? Mark, Regardless of how the number is formatted, there will always be a problem when handling currency amounts as floating numbers. Multiplication and division operations will introduce rounding errors. I have found that it is best to store currency amounts as ints and then have code in the beans to format the values for display. This also can ease I18n issues when dealing with currencies that don't contain decimals. Regards, Richard At 06:22 AM 5/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: I see your point, but aren't you incurring unnecessary formatting overhead in the presentation tier (to say nothing of ongoing maintenance)? Any Struts tag that writes to the presentation tier should take such formatting issues into consideration. For example, the formatting tag that Chandras suggests (or using java.text.NumberFormat in the action) look like good solutions. Mark -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:55 PM Mark, In continuing with my last email. 1.00 would be stored as 100 in an int. -Richard At 03:52 PM 4/30/2002 -0700, you wrote: Mark, To store decimal numbers or any currency for that matter as ints, you store the values as the smallest unit of currency. For dollars, this is 0.01 or a cent. You then can avoid any round off errors when doing multiplication or division. Regards, Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Bean Bug?
The java.math.BigDecimal class gives its user complete control over rounding behavior. Mark -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:57 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Bean Bug? Chandra, I think the point I am trying to make is that if you store amounts as integers in the database, you can avoid a lot of problems with rounding errors and the code that is necessary to avoid them in your business logic. I have had to add a lot of code to deal with the removal of fractional cents every time a multiplication or division operation is done on a value and when storing amounts. I've found that its easier just to store the amount as an integer and deal with the formatting when displaying the value. -Richard At 12:40 PM 5/1/2002 -0500, you wrote: I would think (hope, rather) that calculations are not being performed in the form beans. While you are correct about rounding errors, this has nothing to do with display beans(for want of a better word) For example, reading a float/double value from a database and displaying it requires this kind of formatting. I think this is what Mark is asking about. -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:35 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Bean Bug? Mark, Regardless of how the number is formatted, there will always be a problem when handling currency amounts as floating numbers. Multiplication and division operations will introduce rounding errors. I have found that it is best to store currency amounts as ints and then have code in the beans to format the values for display. This also can ease I18n issues when dealing with currencies that don't contain decimals. Regards, Richard At 06:22 AM 5/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: I see your point, but aren't you incurring unnecessary formatting overhead in the presentation tier (to say nothing of ongoing maintenance)? Any Struts tag that writes to the presentation tier should take such formatting issues into consideration. For example, the formatting tag that Chandras suggests (or using java.text.NumberFormat in the action) look like good solutions. Mark -Original Message- From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:55 PM Mark, In continuing with my last email. 1.00 would be stored as 100 in an int. -Richard At 03:52 PM 4/30/2002 -0700, you wrote: Mark, To store decimal numbers or any currency for that matter as ints, you store the values as the smallest unit of currency. For dollars, this is 0.01 or a cent. You then can avoid any round off errors when doing multiplication or division. Regards, Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bean Bug?
First Principle of Economics: ever use float or double for money. Use ints. Or, for serious money, longs. 'The real problem is not the output but the whole idea. micael At 05:56 PM 4/30/02 -0400, you wrote: I'm using a simple bean:write name=phone property=price / which grabs a float price from the form bean. The display, however, is unpredictable. For a price of 25.00, e.g., can get returns of 25.00, 25.0 and 25. Anybody else experiencing this behavior? I've had to wrap the bean:write with JavaScript to get the formatting correct. Mark De recta non tolerandum sunt. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Bean Bug?
I'd be interested in how you can use ints for decimal numbers. The right way is to use BIG_DECIMAL, but I have to use the session bean method given me for my bean data. But this still does not address the issue of the bean:write behavior. Mark -Original Message- From: Micael Padraig Og mac Grene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:00 PM First Principle of Economics: ever use float or double for money. Use ints. Or, for serious money, longs. 'The real problem is not the output but the whole idea. micael At 05:56 PM 4/30/02 -0400, you wrote: I'm using a simple bean:write name=phone property=price / which grabs a float price from the form bean. The display, however, is unpredictable. For a price of 25.00, e.g., can get returns of 25.00, 25.0 and 25. Anybody else experiencing this behavior? I've had to wrap the bean:write with JavaScript to get the formatting correct. Mark De recta non tolerandum sunt. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bean Bug?
Don't know if this is your problem, but try to put the following in your resources file: org.apache.struts.taglib.bean.format.float=#,###.## Otavio - Original Message - From: Galbreath, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:15 PM Subject: RE: Bean Bug? I'd be interested in how you can use ints for decimal numbers. The right way is to use BIG_DECIMAL, but I have to use the session bean method given me for my bean data. But this still does not address the issue of the bean:write behavior. Mark -Original Message- From: Micael Padraig Og mac Grene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:00 PM First Principle of Economics: ever use float or double for money. Use ints. Or, for serious money, longs. 'The real problem is not the output but the whole idea. micael At 05:56 PM 4/30/02 -0400, you wrote: I'm using a simple bean:write name=phone property=price / which grabs a float price from the form bean. The display, however, is unpredictable. For a price of 25.00, e.g., can get returns of 25.00, 25.0 and 25. Anybody else experiencing this behavior? I've had to wrap the bean:write with JavaScript to get the formatting correct. Mark De recta non tolerandum sunt. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bean Bug?
Maybe not the best approach but I'd add another form bean field as a
String called priceDisplay
Then in the setPrice(float f) method you'd call setPriceDisplay(float
f)
setPriceDisplay( float money ) {
DecimalFormat df = (DecimalFormat)NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
df.setNegativePrefix(-);
df.setNegativeSuffix();
priceDisplay = df.format(money);
}
then of course a getter to return the String priceDisplay which you
would use in the bean:write tag.
On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, 5:56:24 PM, Mark wrote:
GM I'm using a simple bean:write name=phone property=price /
GM which grabs a float price from the form bean. The display,
GM however, is unpredictable. For a price of 25.00, e.g., can get
GM returns of 25.00, 25.0 and 25. Anybody else experiencing
GM this behavior? I've had to wrap the bean:write with JavaScript
GM to get the formatting correct.
GM Mark
GM De recta non tolerandum sunt.
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RE: Bean Bug?
Thanks - I'll give it a whirl. -Original Message- From: Otavio Decio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:38 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Bean Bug? Don't know if this is your problem, but try to put the following in your resources file: org.apache.struts.taglib.bean.format.float=#,###.## Otavio - Original Message - From: Galbreath, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:15 PM Subject: RE: Bean Bug? I'd be interested in how you can use ints for decimal numbers. The right way is to use BIG_DECIMAL, but I have to use the session bean method given me for my bean data. But this still does not address the issue of the bean:write behavior. Mark -Original Message- From: Micael Padraig Og mac Grene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:00 PM First Principle of Economics: ever use float or double for money. Use ints. Or, for serious money, longs. 'The real problem is not the output but the whole idea. micael At 05:56 PM 4/30/02 -0400, you wrote: I'm using a simple bean:write name=phone property=price / which grabs a float price from the form bean. The display, however, is unpredictable. For a price of 25.00, e.g., can get returns of 25.00, 25.0 and 25. Anybody else experiencing this behavior? I've had to wrap the bean:write with JavaScript to get the formatting correct. Mark De recta non tolerandum sunt. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Bean Bug?
I used a taglibrary I found on the web to format currency etc. http://coldjava.hypermart.net/servlets/numtag.htm Alternatively, you can format them as Strings in the Action (if it is for a form bean) using the java.text.NumberFormat classes HTH JC -Original Message- From: Galbreath, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:15 PM To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: RE: Bean Bug? I'd be interested in how you can use ints for decimal numbers. The right way is to use BIG_DECIMAL, but I have to use the session bean method given me for my bean data. But this still does not address the issue of the bean:write behavior. Mark -Original Message- From: Micael Padraig Og mac Grene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:00 PM First Principle of Economics: ever use float or double for money. Use ints. Or, for serious money, longs. 'The real problem is not the output but the whole idea. micael At 05:56 PM 4/30/02 -0400, you wrote: I'm using a simple bean:write name=phone property=price / which grabs a float price from the form bean. The display, however, is unpredictable. For a price of 25.00, e.g., can get returns of 25.00, 25.0 and 25. Anybody else experiencing this behavior? I've had to wrap the bean:write with JavaScript to get the formatting correct. Mark De recta non tolerandum sunt. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Bean Bug?
Mark, To store decimal numbers or any currency for that matter as ints, you store the values as the smallest unit of currency. For dollars, this is 0.01 or a cent. You then can avoid any round off errors when doing multiplication or division. Regards, Richard At 06:15 PM 4/30/2002 -0400, you wrote: I'd be interested in how you can use ints for decimal numbers. The right way is to use BIG_DECIMAL, but I have to use the session bean method given me for my bean data. But this still does not address the issue of the bean:write behavior. Mark -Original Message- From: Micael Padraig Og mac Grene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:00 PM First Principle of Economics: ever use float or double for money. Use ints. Or, for serious money, longs. 'The real problem is not the output but the whole idea. micael At 05:56 PM 4/30/02 -0400, you wrote: I'm using a simple bean:write name=phone property=price / which grabs a float price from the form bean. The display, however, is unpredictable. For a price of 25.00, e.g., can get returns of 25.00, 25.0 and 25. Anybody else experiencing this behavior? I've had to wrap the bean:write with JavaScript to get the formatting correct. Mark De recta non tolerandum sunt. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Bean Bug?
Mark, In continuing with my last email. 1.00 would be stored as 100 in an int. -Richard At 03:52 PM 4/30/2002 -0700, you wrote: Mark, To store decimal numbers or any currency for that matter as ints, you store the values as the smallest unit of currency. For dollars, this is 0.01 or a cent. You then can avoid any round off errors when doing multiplication or division. Regards, Richard At 06:15 PM 4/30/2002 -0400, you wrote: I'd be interested in how you can use ints for decimal numbers. The right way is to use BIG_DECIMAL, but I have to use the session bean method given me for my bean data. But this still does not address the issue of the bean:write behavior. Mark -Original Message- From: Micael Padraig Og mac Grene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:00 PM First Principle of Economics: ever use float or double for money. Use ints. Or, for serious money, longs. 'The real problem is not the output but the whole idea. micael At 05:56 PM 4/30/02 -0400, you wrote: I'm using a simple bean:write name=phone property=price / which grabs a float price from the form bean. The display, however, is unpredictable. For a price of 25.00, e.g., can get returns of 25.00, 25.0 and 25. Anybody else experiencing this behavior? I've had to wrap the bean:write with JavaScript to get the formatting correct. Mark De recta non tolerandum sunt. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
