Rails 3. How to display two decimal places in edit

Question

I have this edit form.

But when I store something such as 1.5, I would like to display it as 1.50.

How could I do that with the form helper? <%= f.text_field :cost, :class => 'cost' %>

Answer 1

You should use number_with_precision helper. See doc.

Example:

number_with_precision(1.5, :precision => 2)
=> 1.50 

Within you form helper:

<%= f.text_field :cost, :class => 'cost', :value => (number_with_precision(f.object.cost, :precision => 2) || 0) %>

BTW, if you really want to display some price, use number_to_currency, same page for doc (In a form context, I'd keep number_with_precision, you don't want to mess up with money symbols)

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Answer 2

Rails has a number_to_currency helper method which might fit you specific use case better.

Answer 3

Alternatively, you can use the format string "%.2f" % 1.5. http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ref_m_kernel.html#Kernel.sprintf

Answer 4

For this I use the number_to_currency formater. Since I am in the US the defaults work fine for me.

<% price = 45.9999 %>
<price><%= number_to_currency(price)%></price>
=> <price>$45.99</price>

You can also pass in options if the defaults don't work for you. Documentation on available options at api.rubyonrails.org