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Character used to separate the decimal from the integer (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz

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[–] Elevator7009@kbin.run 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Reminded of a fun story on r/HFY which the author has posted to !hfy@lemmy.world that explicitly deals with different countries using different characters to separate decimals from integers.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That story makes no sense, if you want to order 98 of something you'd write 98, not 98,000 or 98.000, no matter what decimal separater you prefer, especially for something where ordering a fraction makes no sense.

[–] Elevator7009@kbin.run 9 points 3 months ago

But I never put commas or points into the contract?”

Either he put 98000, or he wrote 98 and some spreadsheet autoformatter changed it to 98.000 and he never noticed because he's not supposed to be a competent character.

In the end I just took it as a fun story, but I get finding something unrealistic, it not passing your willing suspension of disbelief, and pulling you out of the story and making it hard to enjoy.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

We write that like this: 98,- but usually in financial contexts/money. You see this used in stores to indicate rounded prices, too.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

And that's why cheques and contracts also express critical numbers in words.