Re: Parsing of non-Western numerals

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Kit Peters wrote:

> Finally, a more specific question: Does anybody write floating-point
numbers (e.g. 3.14159, 0.3774, 93.5632) and/or exponentials (1.32e03,
1.602e-19, where 'e' is equivalent to 'times ten to the power of')?

I quote from the inside cover of the (Thai) Royal Institute Dictionary:

พจนานุกรม ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๒
พิมพ์ครั้งที่ ๑ พุทธศักราช ๒๕๔๖
จำนวน ๒๐๐,๐๐๐ เล่ม

ราคาเล่มละ ๖๐๐.๐๐ บาท

Note the English use of a comma to separate the thousands. The dictionary
is rather insistent that it not be sold for more than 600 baht. I suspect
there's a worthy subsidy on this weighty tome.

The entry on ทศนิยม 'decimal' gives as examples '.๘๕๖' and '๑๒.๐๘'.

The dictionary fastidiously avoids European-style numerals - the only
concession is the ISBN number and the digits in the associated bar code!
Contrariwise, if you pick up a Thai magazine, you have to look hard for Thai
digits.

Richard.

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