Using 8.1.10
When entering a value greater than 2^53+1 the number is converted into a string, but is still limited by the precision of the equivalent double value. For example, 9007199254740993 will display as a string (green in the property field), but will display 9007199254740992 on the screen.
How is this a bug?
@pturmel You can’t type in a string of numbers larger than 2^53+1 without it being subject to floating point precision. Further, it appears that ignition understands that it can’t represent this value as a number, so it converts to a string, so something seems to be wrong with how it gets interpreted…
For reference:
Put it in quotes if you want the value to be a string.
edit: nevermind, not sure I understood what’s going on here.
Quotes will display with the text unfortunately. Alternative is to put the string in quotes in an expression binding.
I was going to suggest this. Not sure if it is best practice but it gets the job done.