[quote=196492:@Norman Palardy]It should state a valid range as well like most of the other numeric data types do
Documentation error[/quote]
My point exactly. The “15 digits on the left and four on the right” description is inadequate. Whereas other types boundaries are very precisely described for instance for Integer : http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/Integer
It is difficult for users to rely on a data type that is described in such an approximative way.
Thank you for stating [quote]This means the max is somewhere about 922337203685477.5807 [/quote] which is at least a precise limit.
[quote=196516:@Norman Palardy]Uints might make no sense for certain values even when dealing with currency
Things like negative debits & credits in accounting definitely exist[/quote]
You been spying on my checkbook again? (not that I have reached 900 trillion in debt… yet)
For accounting applications, that limit maybe a big problem for currencies with much lesser value than the Dollar, like Japanese Yen for instance. Binary Coded Decimal seems to be the solution, it would be desirable to add this to Xojo. Especially as 64 bit may render the implementation easier.
"This is a 64-bit fixed-point number format that holds 15 digits to the left of the decimal point and 4 digits to the right. " is in fact, in the words of Norman Palardy :
This means the max is somewhere about 922337203685477.5807
In practice, this is not really 15 digits to the left, as the digits in question hit the limit imposed by the 64 bit representation.
It would be much better to say 14 digits to the left, so 99999999999999.9999 could be safely represented. This would avoid users getting frustrated.
To be perfectly complete, I forgot to mention Bob Delaney Decimal plugin, which is able to represent the Zimbabwean currency mass, given enough memory on the computer : http://delaneyrm.com/
[quote=196681:@Michel Bujardet]To be perfectly complete, I forgot to mention Bob Delaney Decimal plugin, which is able to represent the Zimbabwean currency mass, given enough memory on the computer : http://delaneyrm.com/[/quote]
Don’t be so rude about Mad Bob(Mugabe)'s place - he is highly revered locally.
Besides - the Zim main currencies are the USD and the ZAR, and the AK47.
