thank you oni, i actually feel stupid because that probably means something i know in portuguese speetch but i'm not getting the point in here.. i'd say : no i do not know what decimals are (so someone could explain it to me ^.^ )
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject:
35.5 this means 35 and a half
how ever some countires write it like this;
35,5
thats all he means.
sim, this may help i found it on wikipedia so i think it is quite reliable.
Countries where a dot is used to mark the radix point include:
Australia, Brunei, Botswana, Canada (English-speaking), Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea (both North and South), Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, People's Republic of China, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States (including insular areas), Zimbabwe.
Comma countries
Countries where a comma is used to mark the radix point include:
Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada (French-speaking), Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroes, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Iceland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg (uses both separators officially), Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa (officially, but dot point is commonly used in business), Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam/