Number

The Number component accepts numeric input only. The value is stored as a number, which matters when you use it in calculations or rules.

Numbers and the user's locale

GlobalForms shows and reads numbers using the user's locale (language and region) settings:

• Thousands separators and the decimal symbol follow the locale. For example, 1,234.56 in the United States and 1 234,56 in France.

• Users can type a decimal with either . or ,. If the locale uses a comma for decimals and the user types 12.34, it is read as twelve point three four, and the other way round.

• Values that look like thousands, such as 1,000 or 1.000, follow the locale's thousands separator.

• The submission list shows numbers in the viewer's locale format.

However it is displayed, the stored value is a plain number.

Using numbers in rules

Because the value is numeric, adding two Number fields in a rule gives their sum, not the two values joined together. An empty Number field has no value; see "Add two values safely" in Common Script Snippets.

Related pages

• Currency

• Common Script Snippets

• Combining Values