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 The [.id]#Decimal# type represents real values within CQL.
 
-CQL supports positive and negative decimal values with a _precision_ (meaning total number of possible digits) of 28 and a _scale_ (meaning number of possible digits to the right of the decimal) of 8. In other words, decimal values in the range (-10^28^ + 1)/10^8^ to (10^28^-1)/10^-8^ with a step size of 10^-8^.
+CQL supports positive and negative decimal values with a _precision_ (meaning total number of possible digits) of 28 and a _scale_ (meaning number of possible digits to the right of the decimal) of 8. In other words, decimal values in the range (-10^28^ + 1)/10^8^ to (10^28^-1)/10^8^ with a step size of 10^-8^.
 
 
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