# How do I enter a value as a DecFP

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-enter-a-value-as-a-decfp/67266
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, package, dataframes
**Created:** [August 29, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-enter-a-value-as-a-decfp/67266 "2021-08-29T06:11:51Z")
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### Author: ![brett\_knoss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/brett_knoss/32/13050_2.png) [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-enter-a-value-as-a-decfp/67266/1 "2021-08-29T06:11:51Z")

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```julia
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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### Author: ![jmkuhn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jmkuhn/32/2090_2.png) [@jmkuhn](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jmkuhn)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-enter-a-value-as-a-decfp/67266/2 "2021-08-30T18:14:57Z")

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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

```julia
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
julia> Dec128(0.1)
0.1000000000000000055511151231257827

julia> Dec128("0.1")
0.1

```

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### Author: ![brett\_knoss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/brett_knoss/32/13050_2.png) [@brett\_knoss](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/brett_knoss)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-enter-a-value-as-a-decfp/67266/3 "2021-09-23T19:13:27Z")

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Thanks, but what if I want a variable?