Rails number_field alternative for decimal values

Question

I\'m trying to accept a decimal value (USD, so 12.24 would be an example) with the number_field method.

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Answer 1

You can bypass the "only Integers" constraint by adding a Float for the step option:

f.number_field :amount, step: 0.5

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Update: Actually you can use the value 'any' for the step, it will accept all floats and integers, and the step will be 1:

f.number_field :amount, step: :any

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Update for prices:

You can use the rails' helper number_to_currency to display a price inside a number_field:

f.number_field :amount, value: number_to_currency(f.object.amount.to_f, delimiter: '', unit: ''), step: :any