New Quiz formula and numeric questions do not allow decimal numbers in answers in language packs that use a comma separator

Issue Documented: 2025-05-08
Canvas

This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 6/25/25.

Description

When using a formula or numeric question in New Quizzes the Formula Definition/Answer field doesn’t let you input a comma for a decimal in the answer field.

Expected Behavior

Languages that use a comma for decimal places should have the answer field let them save a comma in it.

Workaround

No workaround exists at this time.

Steps to Reproduce

Prerequisite: A course with the language set to one that uses commas for decimals (for example Deutsch)

  1. Create a New Quiz.

  2. Add a formula question

  3. Attempt to create a Formula Definition with a comma instead of a period in the answer field

  4. Observe that the comma is removed and displays the closest whole number instead

  5. Create a numeric question and observe that the comma decimal is just removed (instead of 2,5 it enters as 25)

Additional Info

QUIZ-15757

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