Microsoft/calculator

Pasting long decimal number results in Invalid input

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#162 opened on Mar 7, 2019

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Description

Describe the bug When pasting a decimal number with more than 16 decimal digits, the calculator outputs Invalid input.

Steps To Reproduce Paste 0.00012345678987654 into the calculator.

Expected behavior The input to be accepted. If it is too long, trim it, like the Windows 7 calculator does.

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Device and Application Information (please complete the following information):

  • OS Build: 18334.1.amd64fre.19h1_release.190205-1505
  • Architecture: x64
  • Application Version: 10.1812.10048.0

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Research direction
Inspect the input parsing function for decimal numbers, likely in the calculator engine, to understand why numbers with more than 16 decimal digits cause 'Invalid input'. Look for length validation or precision limits.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
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C++input parsing
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