Re: Notation question

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In America we would read 18,5 as 18 total digits with 5 of them to the
right of the decimal place.  However in other countries, which use the
comma as the decimal separator, they may read that differently.

I tend to agree with your position on this.

Rob Berendt
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"Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@taylorcorp.com>
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We are creating some documentation for our standards and somebody made a
comment on how to notate a field that is 18 long with 5 decimal places.

I said it should look like this:
Price     18,5  (18 total bytes with 5 that are to the right of the
decimal)


The other person said it should be like this:
Price     13,5 (13 + 5 = 18)

Which is correct, or are both correct?

Aaron Bartell
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