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JRS:  In article <cklsis$bn0$1@news.BelWue.DE>, dated Thu, 14 Oct 2004
12:48:30, seen in news:borland.public.delphi.internationalization.genera
l,comp.software.international,misc.metric-system, Peter Hermann
<ica2ph@sinus.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> posted :
>In misc.metric-system Markus Veltre <mveltre82@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm currently searching for informations which
>> decimal seperator (comma or point) is used all
>
>which is spelled "separator"
>
>this topic has been discussed in
>misc.metric-system as "Symbol for decimal marker":
>
>o  the comma should be saved for separating items in lists
>
>o  the space is detrimental for data processing
>
>My recommendation for a useful standard
>being readable by man or machine would be
>123_456_789.01
>where the grouping is not fixed at 3 digits but may variate
>along the actual grouping needs, therefore,
>following examples show the same number as the above
>123456789.01
>1_23_45_67_89.01
>1234_5678_9.01

A personal standard is not necessarily a national or international one,
and may have defects not obvious to its originator.

Hand-written, an underline might be mistaken for a minus sign, when in a
numeric context.

Otherwise, an underline might well get "over-written" if the number as a
whole is underlined.

In a carefully-typeset document, a thin space is a good thousands
separator, and a raised dot or comma (not too small) would be a good
decimal separator - but those are unsuitable as general-purpose
standards.

There is the UK/US/etc.-&-computing standard, 1,234,567.89 ;
there is the Continental standard, 1.234.567,89 ;
ISTM that two standards are more than enough, and that it would not be
wise - or possible - to introduce a third general one.

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