NAME

HTML::FormHandler::Field::Float - validate a float value

VERSION

version 0.40056

DESCRIPTION

This accepts a positive or negative float/integer. Negative numbers may be prefixed with a dash. By default a max of eight digits including 2 precision are accepted. Default decimal symbol is ','. Widget type is 'text'.

    # For example 1234,12 has size of 6 and precision of 2
    # and separator symbol of ','

    has_field 'test_result' => (
        type                    => 'Float',
        size                    => 8,               # Total size of number including decimal part.
        precision               => 2,               # Size of the part after decimal symbol.
        decimal_symbol          => '.',             # Decimal symbol accepted in web page form
        decimal_symbol_for_db   => '.',             # For inflation. Decimal symbol accepted in DB, which automatically converted to.
        range_start             => 0,
        range_end               => 100
    );

messages

   float_needed
   float_size
   float_precision

AUTHOR

FormHandler Contributors - see HTML::FormHandler

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Gerda Shank.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.