Title: Formatting Decimal Numbers
Last modified: March 3, 2019

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# Formatting Decimal Numbers

 *  Resolved [supernova42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supernova42/)
 * (@supernova42)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/formatting-decimal-numbers/)
 * I use latitudde and longitude in some of my sites which are to 6 decimal places.
   To increase the default 4 decimal places to 6 I had to modify that parameter 
   in the database. Now all works well.
 * I also collect data in a field called length which I require to 2 decimal places,
   however the system displays it as 4 decimal places which is quite confusing. 
   Without modifying the parameters within the database, can I format the output
   of this field to give just 2 decimal places. Do you think that this is something
   that should be available within the Manage Database Fields.
 * I thought I could be clever and use the currency field which as an accuracy of
   2 decimal places. This is okay for data entry, however when it displays it still
   shows to 4 decimal places.
 * Many Thanks

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 *  Thread Starter [supernova42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supernova42/)
 * (@supernova42)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/formatting-decimal-numbers/#post-11358806)
 * I changed it in the database

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