# PyObject Decimal to Julia FixedPointDecimal

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyobject-decimal-to-julia-fixedpointdecimal/54939>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, pycall\
**Created:** [February 9, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyobject-decimal-to-julia-fixedpointdecimal/54939 "2021-02-09T15:51:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Impressium](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/impressium/32/19575_2.png) [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyobject-decimal-to-julia-fixedpointdecimal/54939/1 "2021-02-09T15:51:02Z")

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Hi all,

I’m getting some date via PyCall. Unfortunately I get a PyObject. Does anyone know how to convert it to FixedPointDecimal?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Impressium](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/impressium/32/19575_2.png) [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyobject-decimal-to-julia-fixedpointdecimal/54939/2 "2021-02-09T16:00:18Z")

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```julia
julia> po.to_eng_string()
"367.0000000000"

```