Hi Steve, > In the case of decimal numbers, Daffodil creates > an infoset output with the minimum number of > digits necessary to display it with the same precision. > So 5000.00 will be output as 5000
If I want to retain the digits to the right of the decimal point, then I should declare the price element with the type xs:string, is that correct? /Roger -----Original Message----- From: Steve Lawrence <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018 9:36 AM To: [email protected]; Costello, Roger L. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: How to retain the digits to the right of the decimal point? The pattern defines the format of the data. It does not define the format of the infoset. I believe the spec is ambiguous or silent about how various data fields should be output to the infoset. I know we've had this issue with date/time fields recently. In the case of decimal numbers, Daffodil creates an infoset output with the minimum number of digits necessary to display it with the same precision. So 5000.00 will be output as 5000, but 5000.99 will be output with the extra decimal precision. - Steve On 12/3/18 9:30 AM, Costello, Roger L. wrote: > Hi Mike, > > * Use 0 instead of # for the rightmost two. > > I tried that: > > <xs:elementname="price"type="xs:decimal" > dfdl:textStandardDecimalSeparator="." > dfdl:textNumberPattern="####.00"/> > > It gave the same result (the .00 is removed): > > 5000.00 --> parse --> 5000 > > Thoughts? > > /Roger > > *From:* Mike Beckerle <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, December 3, 2018 9:21 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: How to retain the digits to the right of the decimal point? > > Use 0 instead of # for the rightmost two. In a pattern, a zero denotes > any digit. A # denotes an optional digit. > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: "Costello, Roger L." <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Date: 12/3/18 8:46 AM (GMT-05:00) > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: How to retain the digits to the right of the decimal point? > > Hello DFDL community, > > My input contains decimal values such as: 2999.99 and 5000.00 > > When I parse my input, the .00 gets removed, e.g., > > 5000.00 --> parse --> 5000 > > But the .99 is not removed, e.g., > > 2999.99 --> parse --> 2999.99 > > I want to retain the two digits to the right of the decimal point, > even if they are 00 > > How to retain the digits? I thought this would do the job: > > dfdl:textNumberPattern="####.##"/> > > However, that has no effect. > > What's the right way to do it? > > /Roger >
