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Subject:Re: Expensive punctuation From:"Beckton, Jon" <jbeckton -at- MHS7 -dot- TNS -dot- CO -dot- ZA> Date:Mon, 21 Jun 1999 13:26:33 +0200
The decimal comma is used here in South Africa too and spaces as thousands
separators. I believe that this is an SI (Systeme Internationale)
specification and so, would be used in any country that uses the SI system.
Jon Beckton
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> Oh yes they are. In Holland, Belgium, Germany, France and I believe
> Scandinavia they are! 3560.25 is written as 3.560,25 - something to be
> aware off.
>
> My 0,02 Eurocents
>
> Jeroen Hendrix
> PolyDoc
> the Netherlands
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