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Subject:Re: Digits separator From:Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Keith Hood <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Tue, 18 Mar 2014 23:24:38 -0700
no, it's supposed to be the space. Again (according to this style guide),
both period & comma are reserved for the decimal point, because some
countries use a period & others a comma.
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Keith Hood <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> 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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