Talk:Numeric separator syntax: Difference between revisions

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== commas ==
== commas ==
This task is somewhat similar to the   '''Commatizing numbers'''   Rosetta Code task which   (among other things)   asks to insert commas   (or other characters)   for number separation   (or numeric separator syntax).   That other task does not however, address what methods/facilities are   ''built into''   a language when displaying/formatting numbers.     -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 19:01, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
This task is somewhat similar to the   '''Commatizing numbers'''   Rosetta Code task which   (among other things)   asks to insert commas   (or other characters)   for number separation   (or numeric separator syntax).   That other task does not however, address what methods/facilities are   ''built into''   a language when displaying/formatting numbers.     -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 19:01, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

:This task is for numeric '''input''' not for numeric '''output'''. What (if any) syntax will the compiler / interpreter accept as a grouping character and still consider the input item to be a number. --[[User:Thundergnat|Thundergnat]] ([[User talk:Thundergnat|talk]]) 19:07, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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commas

This task is somewhat similar to the   Commatizing numbers   Rosetta Code task which   (among other things)   asks to insert commas   (or other characters)   for number separation   (or numeric separator syntax).   That other task does not however, address what methods/facilities are   built into   a language when displaying/formatting numbers.     -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 19:01, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

This task is for numeric input not for numeric output. What (if any) syntax will the compiler / interpreter accept as a grouping character and still consider the input item to be a number. --Thundergnat (talk) 19:07, 30 August 2019 (UTC)