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It's not just about the thousands separator, the same character is used to separate the decimal part. It's better to use no punctuation at all if you want to i

• KGIII 9y ago
  When the period is used to separate thousands, the comma is used to separate decimals. Usually... https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-0169/overview-9/index.html https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-0169/overview-9/ind...
  • microcolonel 9y ago
    Of course, that page is completely wrong about the large number convention in Canada. Anglo Canada (including government documents) uses the U.S. convention, and at very least uses period for the radix point. The shown convention only applies to Franco Canada, and maybe not even all of Franco Canada.
    • KGIII 9y ago
      I see both in Quebec, so it isn't universal - even there. Meh, it's close enough to demonstrate. I prefer the US method, but that's just due to familiarity.
• kbenson 9y ago
  Actually, if you want to internationalize for the thousands separator, spaces are likely pretty safe as they are preferred by numerous standards bodies, as well as AMA.[1] That also neatly sidesteps any comma/period confusion for the decimal in large enough numbers, since whichever you see, if there's space grouping thousands, it's that one. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#Digit_grouping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#Digit_grouping