How do I enter a value as a DecFP

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using DataFrames
using DecFP

final2019_ledger=Dict("debit"=>Dict("assets"=>Dict("Chequing"=>DataFrame("balance"=>8.00))))

"Chequing"=>DataFrame(
        date=Vector{String}(["1 Jan 2019"]),
	memo=Vector{String}(["Starting Balance"]),
        debit=Vector{Dec64}([0.00]),
        credit=Vector{Dec64}([0.00]),
				balance=Vector{Dec64}(Dec64(final2019_ledger["debit"]["assets"]["Chequing"][end,:].balance))),
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For a literal value use d64"0.00" or Dec64("0.00"). For values read in from a text file use

s = "0.00"
v = parse(Dec64, s)

In general you should avoid converting Float64 to decimals because the conversion may not give you the result you expect

julia> Dec128(0.1)
0.1000000000000000055511151231257827

julia> Dec128("0.1")
0.1
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Thanks, but what if I want a variable?