# How to add a decimal point?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-a-decimal-point/78088>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** function-node\
**Created:** [2 May 2023 03:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-a-decimal-point/78088 "2023-05-02T03:01:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![kelvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@kelvin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kelvin)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2023 03:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-a-decimal-point/78088/1 "2023-05-02T03:01:56Z")

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Hi,

1st my data is from analog input, and now i need to add a decimal point after 7.  
for example now i getting 7296.406, i wanted my output will be 7.29 some thing like that

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/9/19c0e074c5b99e810b6c3f92434deaecf5cb9e51.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/d/d/dd250b03a7baa6429db2fea8f2816d17896e03b4.png)

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**Author:** ![ralphwetzel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ralphwetzel/32/53713_2.png) [@ralphwetzel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ralphwetzel)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2023 06:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-a-decimal-point/78088/2 "2023-05-02T06:25:24Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/c/2cee76121a0d1fc58ef8cdb35b67b320c647b919.png)

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**Author:** ![kelvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ba0ec/32.png) [@kelvin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kelvin)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2023 06:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-a-decimal-point/78088/4 "2023-05-02T06:48:01Z")

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Hi @ralphwetzel thanks for the helping i get the output alr 😇

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**Author:** ![ralphwetzel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ralphwetzel/32/53713_2.png) [@ralphwetzel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ralphwetzel)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2023 06:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-a-decimal-point/78088/5 "2023-05-02T06:50:31Z")

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> [@kelvin](#):
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> ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/9/19c0e074c5b99e810b6c3f92434deaecf5cb9e51.png)
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In that case, the debug pane picture you posted does not reflect the data you try to act on.  
Looks like you're dealing with strings rather than numbers...

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/2/020daf115ce1ff4985ca985c79c7b81c1fa60f2a.png)

Additional hint: If you hit the `...` - button, you'll be shown a lot more functions to act on data by `Jsonata`.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [16 May 2023 06:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-add-a-decimal-point/78088/6 "2023-05-16T06:51:20Z")

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