"Percent" (Interpreter Type)

Percentage expressed in natural language.

Details

"Percent" can be used in Interpreter and related constructs, including deployed smart form fields.
Use of "Percent" requires connectivity to the Wolfram Cloud.

Allowed Forms

All the natural language numbers allowed by "SemanticNumber" are supported for the quantity magnitude.
The unit can be expressed in natural language or via abbreviations or symbols.

Restriction Specifications

	Restricted["Percent",{{choices₁,…}}]	one among choices
	Restricted["Percent",unit]	convert to unit
	Restricted["Percent",unit,max]	a percentage below Quantity[max,unit]
	Restricted["Percent",unit,{min,max}]	a percentage between Quantity[min,unit] and Quantity[max,unit]
	Restricted["Percent",unit,{min,max,s}]	a percentage between Quantity[min,unit] and Quantity[max,unit] with step s
	Restricted["Percent",Automatic,Automatic,n]	a percentage whose magnitude has n-digit precision

Interpretation

"Percent" yields a Quantity.

Examples

Basic Examples (3)Summary of the most common use cases

Interpret percentages:

In[1]:=1

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0coo5dncat7b0j8aza2y-sfcal2

Out[1]=1

In[2]:=2

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0coo5dncat7b0j8aza2y-rae2nv

Out[2]=2

The percent sign can be omitted:

In[1]:=1

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0coo5dncat7b0j8aza2y-p83p1r

Out[1]=1

Cf. "PercentFraction", which converts to a percentage:

In[2]:=2

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0coo5dncat7b0j8aza2y-h3nnba

Out[2]=2

And "HeuristicPercent", which decides what to do based on heuristics:

In[3]:=3

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0coo5dncat7b0j8aza2y-71rswb

Out[3]=3

In[4]:=4

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0coo5dncat7b0j8aza2y-0fth1x

Out[4]=4

Restrict in a given range:

In[1]:=1

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0coo5dncat7b0j8aza2y-zf5rc4

Out[1]=1

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