How to Allow Only Two Decimal Number In Flutter ?

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TextField Widget is used to get data from users and perform the desired operation. So in this article, We will go through How to Allow Only Two Decimal Number In Flutter?

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How to Allow Only Two Decimal Number In Flutter?

Users can give a try to below code snippet.

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

import 'dart:math' as math;

void main() {
  runApp(new MaterialApp(home: new MyApp()));
}

class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _MyAppState createState() => _MyAppState();
}

class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text("Flutter"),
      ),
      body: Form(
        child: ListView(
          children: <Widget>[
            TextFormField(
              inputFormatters: [DecimalTextInputFormatter(decimalRange: 2)],
              keyboardType: TextInputType.numberWithOptions(decimal: true),
            )
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class DecimalTextInputFormatter extends TextInputFormatter {
  DecimalTextInputFormatter({this.decimalRange})
      : assert(decimalRange == null || decimalRange > 0);

  final int decimalRange;

  @override
  TextEditingValue formatEditUpdate(
    TextEditingValue oldValue, // unused.
    TextEditingValue newValue,
  ) {
    TextSelection newSelection = newValue.selection;
    String truncated = newValue.text;

    if (decimalRange != null) {
      String value = newValue.text;

      if (value.contains(".") &&
          value.substring(value.indexOf(".") + 1).length > decimalRange) {
        truncated = oldValue.text;
        newSelection = oldValue.selection;
      } else if (value == ".") {
        truncated = "0.";

        newSelection = newValue.selection.copyWith(
          baseOffset: math.min(truncated.length, truncated.length + 1),
          extentOffset: math.min(truncated.length, truncated.length + 1),
        );
      }

      return TextEditingValue(
        text: truncated,
        selection: newSelection,
        composing: TextRange.empty,
      );
    }
    return newValue;
  }
}

The solution will work like this

TextFormField(
    inputFormatters: [
        WhitelistingTextInputFormatter(RegExp(r'^\d+\.?\d{0,2}')),
    ],
)

A Shorter Version of DecimalTextInputFormatter using RegExp:

class DecimalTextInputFormatter extends TextInputFormatter {

  DecimalTextInputFormatter({int decimalRange, bool activatedNegativeValues})
  : assert(decimalRange == null || decimalRange >= 0,
    'DecimalTextInputFormatter declaretion error') {
    String dp = (decimalRange != null && decimalRange > 0) ? "([.][0-9]{0,$decimalRange}){0,1}" : "";
    String num = "[0-9]*$dp";

    if(activatedNegativeValues) {
      _exp = new RegExp("^((((-){0,1})|((-){0,1}[0-9]$num))){0,1}\$");
    }
    else {
      _exp = new RegExp("^($num){0,1}\$");
    }
  }

  RegExp _exp;

  @override
  TextEditingValue formatEditUpdate(
    TextEditingValue oldValue,
    TextEditingValue newValue,
  ) {
    if(_exp.hasMatch(newValue.text)){
      return newValue;
    }
    return oldValue;
  }
}

TextFormField(
    inputFormatters: [
        WhitelistingTextInputFormatter(RegExp(r'^(\d+)?\.?\d{0,2}')),
    ],
)

import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
import 'dart:math' as math;

class DecimalTextInputFormatter extends TextInputFormatter {
  DecimalTextInputFormatter({this.decimalRange, this.activatedNegativeValues})
      : assert(decimalRange == null || decimalRange >= 0,
            'DecimalTextInputFormatter declaretion error');

  final int decimalRange;
  final bool activatedNegativeValues;

  @override
  TextEditingValue formatEditUpdate(
    TextEditingValue oldValue, // unused.
    TextEditingValue newValue,
  ) {
    TextSelection newSelection = newValue.selection;
    String truncated = newValue.text;


if (newValue.text.contains(' ')) {
  return oldValue;
}

if (newValue.text.isEmpty) {
  return newValue;
} else if (double.tryParse(newValue.text) == null &&
    !(newValue.text.length == 1 &&
        (activatedNegativeValues == true ||
            activatedNegativeValues == null) &&
        newValue.text == '-')) {
  return oldValue;
}

if (activatedNegativeValues == false &&
    double.tryParse(newValue.text) < 0) {
  return oldValue;
}

if (decimalRange != null) {
  String value = newValue.text;

  if (decimalRange == 0 && value.contains(".")) {
    truncated = oldValue.text;
    newSelection = oldValue.selection;
  }

  if (value.contains(".") &&
      value.substring(value.indexOf(".") + 1).length > decimalRange) {
    truncated = oldValue.text;
    newSelection = oldValue.selection;
  } else if (value == ".") {
    truncated = "0.";

    newSelection = newValue.selection.copyWith(
      baseOffset: math.min(truncated.length, truncated.length + 1),
      extentOffset: math.min(truncated.length, truncated.length + 1),
    );
  }

  return TextEditingValue(
    text: truncated,
    selection: newSelection,
    composing: TextRange.empty,
  );
}
return newValue;
}
}

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Written by Abhishek Dhanani

Abhishek Dhanani, a skilled software developer with 3+ years of experience, masters Dart, JavaScript, TypeScript, and frameworks like Flutter and NodeJS. Proficient in MySQL, Firebase, and cloud platforms AWS and GCP, he delivers innovative digital solutions.