On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, James E. Agenbroad wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Michael (michka) Kaplan wrote:
>
> > Most of this happens to be in the Windows NLS database. See GetLocaleInfo in
> > MSDN for details:
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/winbase/nls_34rz.htm
> >
> > Or more specifically, LCTypes like LOCALE_SGROUPING for this function,
> > listed at
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/winbase/nls_8rse.htm
> >
> >
> > michka
> >
> > a new book on internationalization in VB at
> > http://www.i18nWithVB.com/
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Ayers>; "Mike" <Mike_Ayers@bmc.com>
> > To: "Unicode List" <unicode@unicode.org>
> > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:19 AM
> > Subject: Number separators
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I discovered this weekend that Chinese, despite grouping large
> > > numbers by ten thousands (I think I'm explaining this poorly - what I mean
> > > is that the chinese language has numbers representing nx10^4, as opposed
> > to
> > > the nx10^3 used in english), write their digits with comma separators
> > every
> > > 3 digits, apparently having learned this from the same place they got the
> > > digits themselves.
> > >
> > > I am aware that there are European languages (swiss and italian?)
> > > that group four digits, and am reasonably sure that japanese does.
> > >
> > > Before I go on a wild web search, does anyone know if there already
> > > exists a collection of information on the numbering systems of various
> > > languages, including the natural language ordering of the numbers, the
> > digit
> > > grouping size, and the digit group separator character? Since this is for
> > > informational purposes, I don't need code, just examples.
> > >
> > >
> > > TiA,
> > >
> > > /"\ /|/|ike /+yers
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> > >
> >
> Tuesday, October 31, 2000
> You probably should check out what's done in India. The call hundred
> thousands "crores" and have a name I don't recall for tens of millions.
> I don't recall how they punctuate them but think it's not in triplets as
> is done in the U.S.
>
Tuesday, Ocotber 31, 2000
Oops! 100,000 is a lakh and 10,000,000 is a crore. I should have checked
my dictionary. Where and with what they are separated I still don't know.
Regards,
Jim Agenbroad ( jage@LOC.gov )
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