[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T119226: Very small (or very large) quantity values (represented in scientific notation) result in error in add/update via pywikibot/wikidata API

[Tobias1984]

Tobias1984 added a comment.

Here is some information of the range of values the API accepts: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Statements#Quantitative_values

We probably need more testing so things like 1e-123 arrives as:

0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001

and 1.0e-123 arrives as:

0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010

Those are some rather important edge cases. The API works more like a metrologist or engineering software where trainling zeros are preserved. But I am also not an expert in this topic.

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