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ASF GitHub Bot commented on NIFI-1662:
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Github user mattyb149 commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/1018
Why are decimal literals expected to be in String format? Seems like the
Lexer should be able to determine a decimal literal from a whole number literal?
> Improve Expression Language to Enable Working with Decimals
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> Key: NIFI-1662
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1662
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Joseph Percivall
> Assignee: Joseph Percivall
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> Currently the math operations in Expression Language use Longs to evaluate
> numbers. This leads to any decimal places getting truncated when performing
> operations like divide.
> NiFi should support working with decimals
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