Handle Hex String in EA Telemetry

.changeset/lemon-ads-fix.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"chainlink": patch
+---
+
+#added Handle Hex String in Utils.ToDecimal

core/utils/decimal.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import (
 	"math"
 	"math/big"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/shopspring/decimal"
@@ -12,7 +13,17 @@
 func ToDecimal(input interface{}) (decimal.Decimal, error) {
 	switch v := input.(type) {
 	case string:
-		return decimal.NewFromString(v)
+		answer, err := decimal.NewFromString(v)
+		if err == nil {
+			return answer, nil
+		} else {
+			hexAnswer, hexErr := hexStringToDecimal(v)
+			if hexErr {
+				return answer, err
+			} else {
+				return hexAnswer, nil
+			}
+		}
 	case int:
 		return decimal.New(int64(v), 0), nil
 	case int8:
@@ -56,6 +67,13 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func hexStringToDecimal(hexString string) (decimal.Decimal, bool) {
+	hexString = strings.TrimPrefix(hexString, "0x")
+	n := new(big.Int)
+	_, err := n.SetString(hexString, 16)
+	return decimal.NewFromBigInt(n, 0), err
+}
+
 func validFloat(f float64) bool {
 	return !math.IsNaN(f) && !math.IsInf(f, 0)
 }

core/utils/decimal_test.go

@@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ func TestDecimal(t *testing.T) {
 		{&dec, false},
 		{big, false},
 		{*big, false},
+		{"0x1abc", false},
+		{"1abc", false},
 		{math.Inf(1), true},
 		{math.Inf(-1), true},
 		{float32(math.Inf(-1)), true},
 		{float32(math.Inf(1)), true},
 		{math.NaN(), true},
 		{float32(math.NaN()), true},
+		{"0x1akbc", true},
+		{"1akbc", true},
 		{true, true},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range tt {