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# decimal
[](https://github.com/shopspring/decimal/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
[](https://godoc.org/github.com/shopspring/decimal)
[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/shopspring/decimal)
Arbitrary-precision fixed-point decimal numbers in go.
_Note:_ Decimal library can "only" represent numbers with a maximum of 2^31 digits after the decimal point.
## Features
* The zero-value is 0, and is safe to use without initialization
* Addition, subtraction, multiplication with no loss of precision
* Division with specified precision
* Database/sql serialization/deserialization
* JSON and XML serialization/deserialization
## Install
Run `go get github.com/shopspring/decimal`
## Requirements
Decimal library requires Go version `>=1.10`
## Documentation
http://godoc.org/github.com/shopspring/decimal
## Usage
```go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/shopspring/decimal"
)
func main() {
price, err := decimal.NewFromString("136.02")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
quantity := decimal.NewFromInt(3)
fee, _ := decimal.NewFromString(".035")
taxRate, _ := decimal.NewFromString(".08875")
subtotal := price.Mul(quantity)
preTax := subtotal.Mul(fee.Add(decimal.NewFromFloat(1)))
total := preTax.Mul(taxRate.Add(decimal.NewFromFloat(1)))
fmt.Println("Subtotal:", subtotal) // Subtotal: 408.06
fmt.Println("Pre-tax:", preTax) // Pre-tax: 422.3421
fmt.Println("Taxes:", total.Sub(preTax)) // Taxes: 37.482861375
fmt.Println("Total:", total) // Total: 459.824961375
fmt.Println("Tax rate:", total.Sub(preTax).Div(preTax)) // Tax rate: 0.08875
}
```
## Alternative libraries
When working with decimal numbers, you might face problems this library is not perfectly suited for.
Fortunately, thanks to the wonderful community we have a dozen other libraries that you can choose from.
Explore other alternatives to find the one that best fits your needs :)
* [cockroachdb/apd](https://github.com/cockroachdb/apd) - arbitrary precision, mutable and rich API similar to `big.Int`, more performant than this library
* [alpacahq/alpacadecimal](https://github.com/alpacahq/alpacadecimal) - high performance, low precision (12 digits), fully compatible API with this library
* [govalues/decimal](https://github.com/govalues/decimal) - high performance, zero-allocation, low precision (19 digits)
* [greatcloak/decimal](https://github.com/greatcloak/decimal) - fork focusing on billing and e-commerce web application related use cases, includes out-of-the-box BSON marshaling support
## FAQ
#### Why don't you just use float64?
Because float64 (or any binary floating point type, actually) can't represent
numbers such as `0.1` exactly.
Consider this code: http://play.golang.org/p/TQBd4yJe6B You might expect that
it prints out `10`, but it actually prints `9.999999999999831`. Over time,
these small errors can really add up!
#### Why don't you just use big.Rat?
big.Rat is fine for representing rational numbers, but Decimal is better for
representing money. Why? Here's a (contrived) example:
Let's say you use big.Rat, and you have two numbers, x and y, both
representing 1/3, and you have `z = 1 - x - y = 1/3`. If you print each one
out, the string output has to stop somewhere (let's say it stops at 3 decimal
digits, for simplicity), so you'll get 0.333, 0.333, and 0.333. But where did
the other 0.001 go?
Here's the above example as code: http://play.golang.org/p/lCZZs0w9KE
With Decimal, the strings being printed out represent the number exactly. So,
if you have `x = y = 1/3` (with precision 3), they will actually be equal to
0.333, and when you do `z = 1 - x - y`, `z` will be equal to .334. No money is
unaccounted for!
You still have to be careful. If you want to split a number `N` 3 ways, you
can't just send `N/3` to three different people. You have to pick one to send
`N - (2/3*N)` to. That person will receive the fraction of a penny remainder.
But, it is much easier to be careful with Decimal than with big.Rat.
#### Why isn't the API similar to big.Int's?
big.Int's API is built to reduce the number of memory allocations for maximal
performance. This makes sense for its use-case, but the trade-off is that the
API is awkward and easy to misuse.
For example, to add two big.Ints, you do: `z := new(big.Int).Add(x, y)`. A
developer unfamiliar with this API might try to do `z := a.Add(a, b)`. This
modifies `a` and sets `z` as an alias for `a`, which they might not expect. It
also modifies any other aliases to `a`.
Here's an example of the subtle bugs you can introduce with big.Int's API:
https://play.golang.org/p/x2R_78pa8r
In contrast, it's difficult to make such mistakes with decimal. Decimals
behave like other go numbers types: even though `a = b` will not deep copy
`b` into `a`, it is impossible to modify a Decimal, since all Decimal methods
return new Decimals and do not modify the originals. The downside is that
this causes extra allocations, so Decimal is less performant. My assumption
is that if you're using Decimals, you probably care more about correctness
than performance.
## License
The MIT License (MIT)
This is a heavily modified fork of [fpd.Decimal](https://github.com/oguzbilgic/fpd), which was also released under the MIT License.