decimal · Elixir Observer

decimal

Arbitrary precision decimal arithmetic.

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Apply only the caller's rounding mode in round/3

ericmj merged 18 days ago

Resolve Elixir 1.20 type checker warnings

ericmj merged 21 days ago

Seeds the sqrt Babylonian/Newton iteration from a float estimate

ericmj merged 21 days ago

Correctness fixes

ericmj merged 22 days ago

Performance: cut context, digit-count and float-conversion overhead

ericmj merged 27 days ago

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Version 3.1.1

Published May 2026 •

Elixir Version Requirement ~> 1.12

Documentation for 3.1.1

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Working with Decimals in Elixir

Pitfalls of floats, Decimal basics, comparisons and formatting.

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Precision Handling in Elixir with Decimal

Practical examples of financial calculations using the Decimal library.

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