refactor: number parsing docs

hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs

@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ numberp suggestedStyle = do
     -- ptrace "numberp"
     sign <- signp
     raw <- rawnumberp
-    dbg8 "numberp parsed" raw `seq` return ()
+    dbg8 "numberp suggestedStyle" suggestedStyle `seq` return ()
     let num@(q, prec, decSep, groups) = dbg8 "numberp quantity,precision,mdecimalpoint,mgrps" (fromRawNumber suggestedStyle (sign == "-") raw)
     option num . try $ do
         when (isJust groups) $ fail "groups and exponent are not mixable"
@@ -627,6 +627,13 @@ exponentp = do
     return $ (* 10^^exp) *** (0 `max`) . (+ (-exp))
     <?> "exponentp"
 
+-- | Interpret the raw parts of a number, using the provided amount style if any,
+-- determining the decimal point character and digit groups where possible.
+-- Returns:
+-- - the decimal number
+-- - the precision (number of digits after the decimal point)  
+-- - the decimal point character, if any
+-- - the digit group style, if any (digit group character and sizes of digit groups)
 fromRawNumber :: Maybe AmountStyle -> Bool -> (Maybe Char, [String], Maybe (Char, String)) -> (Quantity, Int, Maybe Char, Maybe DigitGroupStyle)
 fromRawNumber suggestedStyle negated raw = (quantity, precision, mdecimalpoint, mgrps) where
     -- unpack with a hint if useful
@@ -658,7 +665,13 @@ fromRawNumber suggestedStyle negated raw = (quantity, precision, mdecimalpoint,
         AmountStyle{asprecision = 0} -> const False
         _ -> const True
 
-
+-- | Parse the parts of a number, optionally with digit group separators
+-- and/or decimal point, which may be comma or period. Returns: 
+-- - the first separator char (. or ,) if any
+-- - the zero or more digit sequences which were separated by this char
+-- - the other, final separator char and digit sequence following it, if any  
+-- Eg:
+-- 1,234,567.89 -> ( Just ',', ["1","234","567"], Just ('.', "89") )
 rawnumberp :: TextParser m (Maybe Char, [String], Maybe (Char, String))
 rawnumberp = do
     let sepChars = ['.', ','] -- all allowed punctuation characters

tests/journal/numbers.test

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Simple case
+# 1. Simple case
 hledger bal -f - --no-total
 <<<
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ hledger bal -f - --no-total
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# No digits before decimal sep
+# 2. No digits before decimal sep
 hledger bal -f - --no-total
 <<<
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ hledger bal -f - --no-total
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# No digits after decimal sep
+# 3. No digits after decimal sep
 hledger bal -f - --no-total
 <<<
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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ hledger bal -f - --no-total
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# No digits at all
+# 4. No digits at all
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
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@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ hledger bal -f -
 >>>
 >>>=1
 
-# Space between digits groups
+# 5. Space between digits groups
 hledger bal -f - --no-total
 <<<
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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ hledger bal -f - --no-total
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# Space between digits groups in commodity directive
+# 6. Space between digits groups in commodity directive
 hledger bal -f - --no-total
 <<<
 commodity 1 000.00 EUR
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ commodity 1 000.00 EUR
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# Default commodity
+# 7. Default commodity
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
 D 1,000.00 EUR
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ D 1,000.00 EUR
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# Omitted decimals
+# 8. Omitted decimals
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
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@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ hledger bal -f -
 >>>
 >>>=1
 
-# Omitted decimals with commodity hint
+# 9. Omitted decimals with commodity hint
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
 commodity 1,000.00 EUR
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ commodity 1,000.00 EUR
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# Omitted decimals with commodity hint and symbol on left
+# 10. Omitted decimals with commodity hint and symbol on left
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
 commodity €1,000.00
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ commodity €1,000.00
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# No decimals but have hint from commodity directive with groups
+# 11. No decimals but have hint from commodity directive with groups
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
 commodity 1,000,000 EUR
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ commodity 1,000,000 EUR
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# No decimals but have hint from commodity directive with zero precision
+# 12. No decimals but have hint from commodity directive with zero precision
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
 commodity 100 EUR
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ commodity 100 EUR
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# Big prices
+# 13. Big prices
 hledger bal -f -  --no-total
 <<<
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@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ hledger bal -f -  --no-total
 >>>
 >>>=1
 
-# Big prices with commodity hint
+# 14. Big prices with commodity hint
 hledger bal -f -  --no-total
 <<<
 commodity ₴1,000.00
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ commodity ₴1,000.00
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# adjacent punctuation chars
+# 15. adjacent punctuation chars
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
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@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ hledger bal -f -
 >>>
 >>>=1
 
-# adjacent punctuation chars of different types
+# 16. adjacent punctuation chars of different types
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
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@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ hledger bal -f -
 >>>
 >>>=1
 
-# separator chars vary
+# 17. separator chars vary
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
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@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ hledger bal -f -
 >>>
 >>>=1
 
-# number begins with a decimal char
+# 18. number begins with a decimal char
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
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@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ hledger bal -f -
 >>>2
 >>>=0
 
-# number begins with a separator char
+# 19. number begins with a separator char
 hledger bal -f -
 <<<
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