Acceptable formatting for float values

You can enter float values according to numeric standards for:

• The default locale for the study.

  Note: Oracle recommends entering float data according to the numeric settings of the default locale for the study.

• The invariant locale. The invariant locale is a locale used by applications when a consistent and locale-independent result is required. The settings of the invariant locale are similar to English (United States).

For example, if French (France) is the default locale for a study and you want to type a number with a decimal point, you can:

• Type "123,45" according to French numeric standards.
• Type "123.45" according to numeric standards of the invariant locale.

The formatting of a float value depends on the default numeric settings for the default locale. For example, if the default locale is French (France), and you type a value of "123.45," the number appears as "123,45" after you navigate to a different part of the application and return.

If you change the numeric settings for the default locale—for example, if you change the decimal point character for the French locale from a comma to a period—the default settings are still used. In this example, a comma is still used as the decimal point character.

Note: Characters used to separate groups of digits for large numbers (in the United States, a comma is used) are never saved with float values.

You can type float values for:

• Codelists.
• Value list numbers for custom properties.
• Sequence numbers of workflow objects.