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### Numbers and Precision ###
[String - Number]: #numbers-and-precision
Currency amounts in the XRP Ledger require more precision than most native number types, so the Data API v2 uses the String type to represent some values.
Within the String value, the numbers are serialized in the same way as native JSON numbers:
* Base-10.
* Non-zero-prefaced.
* May contain `.` as a decimal point. For example, ½ is represented as `0.5`. (American style, not European)
* May contain `E` or `e` to indicate being raised to a power of 10. For example, `1.2E5` is equivalent to `120000`.
* No comma (`,`) characters are used.
{% include 'snippets/string-number-formatting.md' %}
The precision for amounts of **non-XRP currency** in the XRP Ledger is as follows: