On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 7:10 AM, spir <denis.spir@free.fr> wrote:
Le Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:34:54 -0700, Chris Rebert <pyideas@rebertia.com> s'exprima ainsi:
commas are apparently the international /financial/ standard
Certainly not! I am very surprised to read that. Do you mean the standard in english-speaking countries? Or in countries which currency is $ or £?
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_point#Examples_of_use
Yes, I know it varies from nation to nation, but apparently less so when specifically working internationally (like you, I was surprised there was a standard at all); see earlier response by Raymond Hettinger in the parallel c.l.p thread. Relevant quote: """ I'm a CPA, was a 15 year division controller for a Fortune 500 company, and an auditor for an international accounting firm. Believe me when I say it is the norm in finance. """ "It" referring to period-as-decimal-point and comma-as-thousands-separator notation. Cheers, Chris -- I have a blog: http://blog.rebertia.com