[Fwd: Number separators]

From: Ram Viswanadha (ram@jtcsv.com)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 14:09:02 EST


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>
> I just got confirmation on this:
>
> 1 lakh - 1,00,000
> 1 crore - 1,00,00,000
> 1 ??? - 1,00,00,00,000

        1 lakh - 1,00,000
        1 crore - 1,00,00,000
        1 arab - 1,00,00,00,000

http://www.intelindia.com/hinditeacher/speaking_l14.htm

>
> My source (a native hindi speaker) couldn't remember the name of the
> unit after crore, but was sure of the comma placement.
>
> Cool - now does anyone know of any other systems that group digits
> other than in groups of threes?
>
> /|/|ike

Ram Viswanadha
Unicode Software Engineer
IBM



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