I'm sending some JSON data to our server and in the process having issues when encoding certain values with the new Swift 4 JSONDecoder. Take this playground example:
import Foundation
struct QuantyTest: Codable {
var name: String
var value: Float
}
let json = """
[
{
"name": "Length",
"value": 9.87
},
{
"name": "Width",
"value": 9.95
}
]
""".data(using: .utf8)!
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
var size = try decoder.decode([QuantyTest].self, from: json)
let encoder = JSONEncoder()
var encodSize = try? encoder.encode(size)
print(String(data: encodSize!, encoding: .utf8)!)
So I first decode the JSON and print out the result (size). The output for looks like this:
[{name "Length", value 9.87}, {name "Width", value 9.95}]
All good, but when I encode (size) back to JSON using the Swift JSONEncoder I get the following output:
[{"name":"Length","value":9.869999885559082},{"name":"Width","value":9.9499998092651367}]
I've tried changing value to be decimal or double but I have similar problems, the decimal output look like this:
[{"name":"Length","value":9.869999999999997952},{"name":"Width","value":9.95}]
and as a double:
[{"name":"Length","value":9.8699999999999992},{"name":"Width","value":9.9499999999999993}]
I understand that a float ,double or decimal isn't super precise but what I don't understand is why the output window shows the correct values when using float until I pass through the JSONEncoder. Im not really sure how to get around this one, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
