[SOLVED] Calculation problem with negative Wh

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I have a problem with some calculations on negative Wh items.

My Item:

Number:Energy Solar_Today "Solarpower today [%.0f Wh]"

My Rule for testing various conversions:

rule "test"
when
    Time cron "*/20 * * * * ?"
then
    logInfo("Electra","{}", (Solar_Today.state as Number))
    logInfo("Electra","{}", ((Solar_Today.state as Number)*-1))
    logInfo("Electra","{}", ((Solar_Today.state as Number)/1000))
    logInfo("Electra","{}", (Solar_Today.state.toString))
    logInfo("Electra","{}", (Solar_Today as DecimalType))
    logInfo("Electra","{}", (Float::parseFloat(Solar_Today.state.toString)))
end

This results in the output:

  • -1410.0 Wh
  • 5076000.0
  • -5076.00000000
  • -1410.0 Wh
  • Error during the execution of rule ‘test’: Could not cast Solar_Today (Type=NumberItem, State=-1410.0 Wh, Label=Solarpower today) to org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.DecimalType;
  • Error during the execution of rule ‘test’: For input string: “-1410.0 Wh”

Am I doing something wrong or is there another way to convert Wh to a number that can be used in calculations.

2

You can do:

val offset = House_HeatingOffset.getStateAs(QuantityType).doubleValue

or

val offset = (House_HeatingOffset.state as QuantityType<Number>).doubleValue

Either will work and return a plain number without the unit