Re: Digits separator

Subject: Re: Digits separator
From: Keith Hood <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 21:42:35 -0500

That's a horrible example. That doesn't look like one hundred thousand and
some, it looks like two separate three-digit groups, like code groups. Is
there supposed to be a period (.) there instead of a blank space?


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> The apple style guide, in its international section, says not to use commas
> as a thousands separator, because either a period or a comma can be used as
> a decimal point. It says either to not use any thousands separator or use
> a non-breaking space.
>
> I.e., write "123 456" instead of "123,456".
>
> Anyone else use space in their docs?
> Thanks
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