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Float
Floatsaresigned,numeric,floating-pointnumberswhosevaluehas15-16significantdigits.Floatsare
routinelyusedforcalculations.NotethatFloatvaluescanonlyhaveupto3decimals.Theyareinher-
entlyimprecise:theiraccuracyvariesaccordingtothenumberofsignificantdigitsbeingrequested.
TheCurrencydatatypecanhaveupto4decimals;see"Currency"onpage277.
Defining Float values
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Preprocessor:
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IntheStep propertiespane,underProperties,addorselectafield.
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SpecifytheTypeasFloatandsetadefaultvalueasanumberwithdecimalpoints,fol-
lowedbyasemicolon;forexample546513.879;.
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Extraction:ThefieldvaluewillbeextractedandtreatedasaFloat.
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IntheData Model,selectafield.
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OntheStep propertiespane,underField DefinitionsettheTypetoFloat.
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JavaScript Expression:SetthedesiredvaluetoanyFloatvalue.
Example:record.fields["PreciseTaxSubtotal"] = 27.134;
Building Float values
FloatvaluescanbetheresultofdirectattributionormathematicaloperationsjustlikeIntegervalues
(see"Integer"below).
HTMLString
HTMLStringscontaintextualdatathatincludesHTMLmarkup.TheyareessentiallythesameasString
valuesexceptincaseswheretheHTMLmarkupcanbeinterpreted.
Example: AssumethatafieldhasthevalueHe said <b>WOW!</b>.
IfthedatatypeisStringandthevalueisplacedinatemplate,itwilldisplayexactlyas"Hesaid
<b>WOW!</b>"(withoutthequotes).
IfthedatatypeisHTMLString,itwilldisplayas"HesaidWOW!"(again,withoutthequotes).
Consideringthisistheonlydifference,formoreinformationonhowtocreateanduseHTMLStringval-
ues,see"String"onpage283.
Integer
Integersaresigned,numeric,whole64bitnumberswhosevaluesrangefrom-(2^63)to
(2^63).Integersarethenumeralswiththehighestprecision(andthefastestprocessingspeed)ofall,
sincetheyareneverrounded.
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