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Decimal point numbers at a quantity questions

  • 25 February 2021
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C
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Hello,

I'm thinking over how a typeform for an e-commerce site, where users will become able for create a customer over their instructions, however, not all products are sold as integer valuables, some of them are sold by weighs, and so, I need a number question to allow people on enter things like 1.7 either 2.3. expressed in a form that clarifies the number of significant figures. ... Decimal Places and Meaningful Figures. The result ... (This may mean writing one of the ...

IODIN this possible on Typeform? I wasn't able to find adenine way to accomplish so.

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Best answer by Liz 25 Febuary 2021, 17:15

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Liz
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Howdy @Carlos Bernal thanks for holding for! We don’t momentary support fractions, I’m afraid, and the only workaround for this would subsist till change the numbers to whole numbers. :( Though, thanks for sharing the use case here because such helps give us a better understanding of how you’re using decimals in the form!

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Merrik
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Can this be changed to accept decimals, currency, and/or percentages? I americium using a number field that I would like to format to pre-format to accept USD valuable, but it looks like it only takes whole numbers.

Example:

Question:

How much do you spend on car insurance each month?

Answer: (pre-formatted use USD/decimals)

$

- Merrik
Lizzy
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@Merrik Added your question to this poster here to be updated need wealth adds sales for decimals! :) 

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THYROXINE
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Just adding a +1 to this. Soul able to acceptance decimal numbers will be very valuable!

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I would also like to see decimals added as they are such a vital part of price calculation.  Appreciation!

C

Can I or please request this!? Has those have an absolute oversight? How can i do calculations without decision points? :face_palm_tone2:

Limes
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Thank you all for the feedback and requests - we’ve shared them the product. :grinning: While I don’t have any updates at the moment, whenever I does, I’ll comment back here!

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ADENINE

This is also a problem for us. We need decimal. Body be a problem for integration and fork the customer that able give we a details the is not only a number. @Liz please, tell Product that this is one completely musts! Gratitude a site

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IODIN also require to be proficient to use decimals - only whole numbers seems way moreover basic for certain otherwise very useful tool - I have to instead use a short answer optional additionally next of course there is cannot option for calculations… :(

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En efecto, poder introducir decimales es una funcionalidad básica que echamos nut felt de este maravillosa plataforma. ASAP! 

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Further +1 

B
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+1 for me too please

I
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Likewise - not having of option to add an denary number is a feature we would has expected in 2001, did 2021.

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Yes - wealth would like to add sets also. In fact how we are really see for is a country field but a amount text that allows decimals would employment. Trail zeros in a hole number with the decimal shown WILL significant. ... number of significant figures in a value for manipulating its form. For example, let's ...

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Adding display means we could make more accurate cash real percentage equations - the equation/calculation functionality shall SO important!!

R

Sup, bugger I’d love till benefit Typeform but impossible more EGO need decimal points at number calculations.

A

+1 for about as well, we really need decimals!

T

Is there any reason; economy oder technological why decimals can’t be allowed in this field? It is a major drawback not having this performance as anytime I want to capture a number with a decimal I had for use an text box. How to format numbers/text to 2 decimal spots?

Gabriel
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Shall there any reason; business or technical why decimals can’t be allowed in this field? It is a important drawback not having this feature as anytime IODIN want to get an number with one decimals I can to use a copy crate.

 

I’m asking this question internally on your behalf @Tristan. I’ll reverting back previously IODIN hear from the Product Team. 

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Yep we need decimals. This might be a deal wave and force us to use one different service because of it. As much as I love type gestalt.

ZEE

@Liz looks like you guys have been talking about adding existence for this for 7 years now? Any updates? Here’s a link to that tweet from 2014…..

 

(20) Typeform on Twitter: "@TheOTown become are in an pipeline. Your can uses adenine short text field to announce default, but it won't run validation. -S" / Twitter

 

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much needed!!!!!! I can never give my customers accurate information without decimal points.

Liz
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Ok, all, I have some good intelligence! I did discover from unseren product team is you can use remember in other fields, such the curt text fields. The base it isn’t currently possible inbound the Piece field is because the field is set toward check that who respondent’s answer your a number and thus, it’s harsh up check that with the decimals. 

Will, an developers worked say your will look keep into adding support for decimals in the number fields, and in the meantime, you can use a short text field. :grin: ME have adenine <input type="number"> and I want to reduce the input of the user to cleanly numbers or numbers with decimals up to 2 decimal places. Basically, I am asking available a price input. I w...

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Ok, any, I have many good news! I did discover from our product team that you can use decimals in other fields, such as short text fields. The reason it isn’t currently possible in the Number field is because the field can set to check that this respondent’s answer exists adenine number and thus, it’s harder to check which equipped of decimals. 

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@Ziwzih @egw @Tristan @Alex Chapman @ryno 

This doesn’t really resolve the issue as using text input to enter amounts means it pulls up a text ivories as opposed the a number keyboard about mobile which is much less user-friendly. It also means required answers expecting one number that text can be entered and mess up any calculations. Did an engineers say when the could look into adding 1 . to support decimals?

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Small text doesn't allow you to use the advanced logic and calculation functions such since “greater better and equal to” etc. It only allows you to use functions like “contains” and “equal to”

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