<s>
A	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
is	O
a	O
symbol	O
used	O
to	O
separate	O
the	O
integer	O
part	O
from	O
the	O
fractional	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
written	O
in	O
decimal	B-Application
form	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
such	O
symbol	O
can	O
be	O
called	O
a	O
decimal	B-Application
mark	O
,	O
decimal	B-Application
marker	O
,	O
or	O
decimal	B-Application
sign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symbol-specific	O
names	O
are	O
also	O
used	O
;	O
decimal	B-Application
point	O
and	O
decimal	B-Application
comma	O
refer	O
to	O
an	O
(	O
either	O
baseline	O
or	O
middle	O
)	O
dot	O
and	O
comma	O
respectively	O
,	O
when	O
it	B-General_Concept
is	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
;	O
these	O
are	O
the	O
usual	O
terms	O
used	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
generic	O
terms	O
reserved	O
for	O
abstract	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
specialized	O
contexts	O
,	O
the	O
word	O
decimal	B-Application
is	O
instead	O
used	O
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
in	O
International	O
Civil	O
Aviation	O
Organization-regulated	O
air	B-Application
traffic	I-Application
control	I-Application
communications	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mathematics	O
,	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
radix	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
term	O
that	O
also	O
applies	O
to	O
number	O
systems	O
with	O
bases	O
other	O
than	O
ten	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Middle	O
Ages	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Indian	O
decimal	B-Application
writing	O
,	O
before	O
printing	O
,	O
a	O
bar	O
(	O
¯	O
)	O
over	O
the	O
units	O
digit	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
separate	O
the	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
from	O
its	O
fractional	O
part	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
995	O
(	O
meaning	O
99.95	O
in	O
decimal	B-Application
point	O
format	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
notation	O
remains	O
in	O
common	O
use	O
as	O
an	O
underbar	O
to	O
superscript	O
digits	O
,	O
especially	O
for	O
monetary	O
values	O
without	O
a	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
this	O
character	O
was	O
typeset	O
,	O
it	B-General_Concept
was	O
convenient	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
existing	O
comma	O
(	O
99	O
,	O
95	O
)	O
or	O
full	O
stop	O
(	O
99.95	O
)	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Positional	O
decimal	B-Application
fractions	O
appear	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
in	O
a	O
book	O
by	O
the	O
Arab	O
mathematician	O
Abu'l-Hasan	O
al-Uqlidisi	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
10th	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
practice	O
is	O
ultimately	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
Hindu	O
–	O
Arabic	O
numeral	O
system	O
used	O
in	O
Indian	O
mathematics	O
,	O
and	O
popularized	O
by	O
the	O
Persian	O
mathematician	O
Al-Khwarizmi	O
,	O
when	O
Latin	O
translation	O
of	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Indian	O
numerals	O
introduced	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
positional	O
number	O
system	O
to	O
the	O
Western	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tables	O
of	O
logarithms	O
prepared	O
by	O
John	O
Napier	O
in	O
1614	O
and	O
1619	O
used	O
the	O
period	O
(	O
full	O
stop	O
)	O
as	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
adopted	O
by	O
Henry	O
Briggs	O
in	O
his	O
influential	O
17thcentury	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
other	O
countries	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Italy	O
,	O
also	O
chose	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
comma	O
to	O
mark	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
units	O
position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
made	O
standard	O
by	O
the	O
ISO	O
for	O
international	O
blueprints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
countries	O
,	O
a	O
raised	O
dot	O
or	O
dash	O
(	O
)	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
grouping	O
or	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
particularly	O
common	O
in	O
handwriting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
standard	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
decimal	B-Application
point	O
,	O
point	O
or	O
mid	O
dot	O
)	O
was	O
preferred	O
as	O
a	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
,	O
in	O
printing	O
technologies	O
that	O
could	O
accommodate	O
it	B-General_Concept
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
mid	O
dot	O
was	O
already	O
in	O
common	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
mathematics	O
world	O
to	O
indicate	O
multiplication	O
,	O
the	O
SI	O
rejected	O
its	O
use	O
as	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
British	O
metrication	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1960s	O
and	O
with	O
impending	O
currency	O
decimalisation	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
some	O
debate	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
as	O
to	O
whether	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
comma	O
or	O
decimal	B-Application
point	O
should	O
be	O
preferred	O
:	O
the	O
British	O
Standards	O
Institution	O
and	O
some	O
sectors	O
of	O
industry	O
advocated	O
the	O
comma	O
and	O
the	O
Decimal	B-Application
Currency	O
Board	O
advocated	O
for	O
the	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
South	O
Africa	O
adopted	O
the	O
metric	O
system	O
,	O
it	B-General_Concept
adopted	O
the	O
comma	O
as	O
its	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
,	O
although	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
house	O
styles	O
,	O
including	O
some	O
English-language	O
newspapers	O
such	O
as	O
The	O
Sunday	O
Times	O
,	O
continue	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
full	O
stop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
,	O
signs	O
along	O
California	O
roads	O
expressed	O
distances	O
in	O
decimal	B-Application
numbers	O
with	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
part	O
in	O
superscript	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
37	O
,	O
meaning	O
3.7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three	O
most	O
spoken	O
international	O
auxiliary	O
languages	O
,	O
Ido	O
,	O
Esperanto	O
,	O
and	O
Interlingua	O
,	O
all	O
use	O
the	O
comma	O
as	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interlingua	O
has	O
used	O
the	O
comma	O
as	O
its	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
since	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
the	O
Interlingua	O
Grammar	O
in	O
1951	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Esperanto	O
also	O
uses	O
the	O
comma	O
as	O
its	O
official	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
,	O
while	O
thousands	O
are	O
separated	O
by	O
non-breaking	O
spaces	O
;	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Ido	O
's	O
Kompleta	O
Gramatiko	O
Detaloza	O
di	O
la	O
Linguo	O
Internaciona	O
Ido	O
(	O
Complete	O
Detailed	O
Grammar	O
of	O
the	O
International	O
Language	O
Ido	O
)	O
officially	O
states	O
that	O
commas	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
while	O
full	O
stops	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
separate	O
thousands	O
,	O
millions	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1931	O
grammar	O
of	O
Volapük	O
uses	O
the	O
comma	O
as	O
its	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
,	O
and	O
–	O
somewhat	O
unusually	O
–	O
uses	O
the	O
middle	O
dot	O
as	O
the	O
thousands	O
separator	O
(	O
12·345·678	O
,	O
90123	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1958	O
,	O
disputes	O
between	O
European	O
and	O
American	O
delegates	O
over	O
the	O
correct	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
nearly	O
stalled	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
ALGOL	B-Language
computer	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ALGOL	B-Language
ended	O
up	O
allowing	O
different	O
decimal	B-Application
separators	O
,	O
but	O
most	O
computer	O
languages	O
and	O
standard	O
data	O
formats	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
C	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
Cascading	B-Language
Style	I-Language
Sheets	I-Language
(	O
CSS	B-Language
)	O
)	O
specify	O
a	O
dot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	B-Language
and	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
others	O
permits	O
a	O
quote	O
( 	O
 '	O
)	O
as	O
thousands	O
separator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mathematics	O
and	O
computing	O
,	O
a	O
radix	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
or	O
radix	O
character	O
is	O
a	O
symbol	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
display	O
of	O
numbers	O
to	O
separate	O
the	O
integer	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
value	O
from	O
its	O
fractional	O
part	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
English	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
languages	O
(	O
including	O
many	O
that	O
are	O
written	O
right-to-left	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
integer	O
part	O
is	O
at	O
the	O
left	O
of	O
the	O
radix	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
the	O
fraction	O
part	O
at	O
the	O
right	O
of	O
it	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
radix	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
is	O
most	O
often	O
used	O
in	O
decimal	B-Application
(	O
base	O
10	O
)	O
notation	O
,	O
when	O
it	B-General_Concept
is	O
more	O
commonly	O
called	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
point	O
(	O
the	O
prefix	O
deci	O
-	O
implying	O
base	O
10	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
English-speaking	O
countries	O
,	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
point	O
is	O
usually	O
a	O
small	O
dot	O
(	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
other	O
countries	O
,	O
the	O
radix	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
comma	O
(	O
,	O
)	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
baseline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
conventions	O
are	O
generally	O
used	O
both	O
in	O
machine	O
displays	O
(	O
printing	O
,	O
computer	B-Device
monitors	I-Device
)	O
and	O
in	O
handwriting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	B-General_Concept
is	O
important	O
to	O
know	O
which	O
notation	O
is	O
being	O
used	O
when	O
working	O
in	O
different	O
software	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
respective	O
ISO	O
standard	O
defines	O
both	O
the	O
comma	O
and	O
the	O
small	O
dot	O
as	O
decimal	B-Application
markers	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
explicitly	O
define	O
universal	O
radix	O
marks	O
for	O
bases	O
other	O
than	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
binary	O
(	O
base	O
2	O
)	O
representation	O
,	O
it	B-General_Concept
may	O
be	O
called	O
"	O
binary	O
point	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
22nd	O
General	O
Conference	O
on	O
Weights	O
and	O
Measures	O
declared	O
in	O
2003	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
symbol	O
for	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
marker	O
shall	O
be	O
either	O
the	O
point	O
on	O
the	O
line	O
or	O
the	O
comma	O
on	O
the	O
line	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO	O
80000-1	O
stipulates	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
decimal	B-Application
sign	O
is	O
either	O
a	O
comma	O
or	O
a	O
point	O
on	O
the	O
line.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
does	O
not	O
stipulate	O
any	O
preference	O
,	O
observing	O
that	O
usage	O
will	O
depend	O
on	O
customary	O
usage	O
in	O
the	O
language	O
concerned	O
,	O
but	O
adds	O
a	O
note	O
that	O
as	O
per	O
ISO/IEC	O
directives	O
,	O
all	O
ISO	O
standards	O
should	O
use	O
the	O
comma	O
as	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
marker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
ease	O
of	O
reading	O
,	O
numbers	O
with	O
many	O
digits	O
may	O
be	O
divided	O
into	O
groups	O
using	O
a	O
delimiter	B-Algorithm
,	O
such	O
as	O
comma	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
or	O
dot	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
half-space	O
(	O
or	O
thin	O
space	O
)	O
""	O
,	O
space	O
""	O
,	O
underscore	O
"	O
_	O
"	O
(	O
as	O
in	O
maritime	O
"	O
21_450	O
"	O
)	O
or	O
apostrophe	B-Language
«'»	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
countries	O
,	O
these	O
"	O
digit	O
group	O
separators	O
"	O
are	O
only	O
employed	O
to	O
the	O
left	O
of	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
;	O
in	O
others	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
also	O
used	O
to	O
separate	O
numbers	O
with	O
a	O
long	O
fractional	O
part	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
important	O
reason	O
for	O
grouping	O
is	O
that	O
it	B-General_Concept
allows	O
rapid	O
judgement	O
of	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
digits	O
,	O
via	O
telling	O
at	O
a	O
glance	O
(	O
"	O
subitizing	O
"	O
)	O
rather	O
than	O
counting	O
(	O
contrast	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
with	O
100000000	O
for	O
one	O
hundred	O
million	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
groups	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
delimiters	B-Algorithm
tend	O
to	O
follow	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
local	O
language	O
,	O
which	O
varies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
European	O
languages	O
,	O
large	O
numbers	O
are	O
read	O
in	O
groups	O
of	O
thousands	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
delimiter	B-Algorithm
–	O
which	O
occurs	O
every	O
three	O
digits	O
when	O
it	B-General_Concept
is	O
used	O
–	O
may	O
be	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
thousands	O
separator	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
East	O
Asian	O
cultures	O
,	O
particularly	O
China	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
Korea	O
,	O
large	O
numbers	O
are	O
read	O
in	O
groups	O
of	O
myriads	O
(	O
10	O
000s	O
)	O
but	O
the	O
delimiter	B-Algorithm
commonly	O
separates	O
every	O
three	O
digits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Indian	O
numbering	O
system	O
is	O
somewhat	O
more	O
complex	O
:	O
It	B-General_Concept
groups	O
the	O
rightmost	O
three	O
digits	O
together	O
(	O
until	O
the	O
hundreds	O
place	O
)	O
and	O
thereafter	O
groups	O
by	O
sets	O
of	O
two	O
digits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
convention	O
for	O
digit	O
group	O
separators	O
historically	O
varied	O
among	O
countries	O
,	O
but	O
usually	O
seeking	O
to	O
distinguish	O
the	O
delimiter	B-Algorithm
from	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traditionally	O
,	O
English-speaking	O
countries	O
(	O
except	O
South	O
Africa	O
and	O
Australia	O
)	O
employed	O
commas	O
as	O
the	O
delimiter	B-Algorithm
–	O
10,000	O
–	O
and	O
other	O
European	O
countries	O
employed	O
periods	O
or	O
spaces	O
:	O
10.000	O
or	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
online	O
encoding	B-General_Concept
environments	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
ASCII-only	O
)	O
a	O
thin	O
space	O
is	O
not	O
practical	O
or	O
available	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
case	O
a	O
regular	O
word	O
space	O
or	O
no	O
delimiter	B-Algorithm
are	O
the	O
alternatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
separation	O
of	O
presentation	O
and	O
content	O
,	O
making	O
it	B-General_Concept
possible	O
to	O
display	O
numbers	O
with	O
spaced	O
digit	O
grouping	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
does	O
not	O
insert	O
any	O
whitespace	O
characters	O
into	O
the	O
string	O
of	O
digits	O
in	O
the	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
computing	O
contexts	O
,	O
it	B-General_Concept
is	O
preferred	O
to	O
omit	O
digit	O
group	O
separators	O
from	O
the	O
data	O
and	O
instead	O
overlay	O
them	O
as	O
a	O
mask	O
(	O
an	O
input	O
mask	O
or	O
an	O
output	O
mask	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
examples	O
include	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
and	O
databases	O
in	O
which	O
currency	O
values	O
are	O
entered	O
without	O
such	O
marks	O
but	O
are	O
displayed	O
with	O
them	O
inserted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
web	O
content	O
,	O
such	O
digit	O
grouping	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
with	O
CSS	B-Language
style	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	B-General_Concept
is	O
useful	O
because	O
the	O
number	O
can	O
be	O
copied	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
pasted	I-General_Concept
into	O
calculators	B-Application
(	O
including	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
's	O
omnibox	O
)	O
and	O
parsed	O
by	O
the	O
computer	O
as-is	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
user	O
manually	O
purging	O
the	O
extraneous	O
characters	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
rounded	O
to	O
20	O
decimal	B-Architecture
places	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
it	B-General_Concept
is	O
possible	O
to	O
group	O
the	O
digits	O
in	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
make	O
it	B-General_Concept
easier	O
to	O
read	O
;	O
see	O
Integer	O
literal	O
:	O
Digit	O
separators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Julia	B-Application
,	O
Swift	B-Application
,	O
and	O
free-form	O
Fortran	B-Application
90	O
use	O
the	O
underscore	O
( _	O
)	O
character	O
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
;	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
these	O
languages	O
allow	O
seven	O
hundred	O
million	O
to	O
be	O
entered	O
as	O
700_000_000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fixed-form	O
Fortran	B-Application
ignores	O
whitespace	O
(	O
in	O
all	O
contexts	O
)	O
,	O
so	O
700000000	O
has	O
always	O
been	O
accepted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fortran	B-Application
90	O
and	O
its	O
successors	O
allow	O
(	O
ignored	O
)	O
underscores	O
in	O
numbers	O
in	O
free-form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C++14	B-Language
,	O
Rebol	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Red	B-Language
all	O
allow	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
apostrophe	B-Language
for	O
digit	O
grouping	O
,	O
so	O
700'000'000	O
is	O
permissible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Below	O
is	O
shown	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
Kotlin	B-Language
code	O
using	O
separators	O
to	O
increase	O
readability	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
International	O
Bureau	O
of	O
Weights	O
and	O
Measures	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
when	O
there	O
are	O
only	O
four	O
digits	O
before	O
or	O
after	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
marker	O
,	O
it	B-General_Concept
is	O
customary	O
not	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
space	O
to	O
isolate	O
a	O
single	O
digit	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
some	O
manuals	O
of	O
style	O
state	O
that	O
thousands	O
separators	O
should	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
normal	O
text	O
for	O
numbers	O
from	O
to	O
inclusive	O
where	O
no	O
decimal	B-Application
fractional	O
part	O
is	O
shown	O
(	O
in	O
other	O
words	O
,	O
for	O
four-digit	O
whole	O
numbers	O
)	O
,	O
whereas	O
others	O
use	O
thousands	O
separators	O
and	O
others	O
use	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
in	O
hexadecimal	O
(	O
base-16	O
)	O
,	O
full	O
spaces	O
are	O
usually	O
used	O
to	O
group	O
digits	O
into	O
twos	O
,	O
making	O
each	O
group	O
correspond	O
to	O
a	O
byte	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
groups	O
of	O
eight	O
bytes	B-Application
are	O
often	O
separated	O
by	O
a	O
hyphen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
countries	O
with	O
a	O
decimal	B-Application
comma	O
,	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
point	O
is	O
also	O
common	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
international	O
"	O
notation	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
influence	O
of	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
electronic	O
calculators	B-Application
,	O
which	O
use	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
computer	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
allow	O
selection	O
of	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
;	O
programs	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
carefully	O
internationalized	B-General_Concept
will	O
follow	O
this	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
programs	O
ignore	O
it	B-General_Concept
and	O
a	O
few	O
may	O
even	O
fail	O
to	O
operate	O
if	O
the	O
setting	O
has	O
been	O
changed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Countries	O
where	O
a	O
comma	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
used	O
as	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Unicode	O
defines	O
a	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
key	O
symbol	O
( ⎖	O
in	O
hex	O
U+2396	O
,	O
decimal	B-Application
9110	O
)	O
which	O
looks	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
apostrophe	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
symbol	O
is	O
from	O
ISO/IEC	O
9995	O
and	O
is	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
a	O
keyboard	O
to	O
indicate	O
a	O
key	O
that	O
performs	O
decimal	B-Application
separation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	B-General_Concept
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
an	O
Arabic	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
(	O
U+066B	O
,	O
rendered	O
:	O
)	O
in	O
Unicode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Persian	O
,	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
is	O
called	O
momayyez	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
English	O
Braille	O
,	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
point	O
,	O
,	O
is	O
distinct	O
from	O
both	O
the	O
comma	O
,	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
full	O
stop	O
,	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
examples	O
show	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
and	O
the	O
thousands	O
separator	O
in	O
various	O
countries	O
that	O
use	O
the	O
Arabic	O
numeral	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Italy	O
,	O
a	O
straight	O
apostrophe	B-Language
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
handwriting	O
:	O
1'234'567	O
,	O
89	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
as	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
space	O
as	O
a	O
thousands	O
separator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
most	O
visible	O
on	O
shopping	O
receipts	O
and	O
in	O
documents	O
that	O
also	O
use	O
other	O
numbers	O
with	O
decimals	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
measurements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
practice	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
better	O
distinguish	O
between	O
prices	O
and	O
other	O
values	O
with	O
decimals	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
older	O
convention	O
uses	O
dots	O
to	O
separate	O
thousands	O
(	O
with	O
commas	O
for	O
decimals	B-Application
)	O
this	O
older	O
practice	O
makes	O
it	B-General_Concept
easier	O
to	O
avoid	O
word	O
breaks	O
with	O
larger	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Switzerland	O
:	O
There	O
are	O
two	O
cases	O
:	O
An	O
apostrophe	B-Language
as	O
a	O
thousands	O
separator	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
dot	O
"	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
as	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
currency	O
values	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
:	O
1'234'567	O
.89	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
other	O
values	O
,	O
the	O
SI-style	O
is	O
used	O
with	O
a	O
comma	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
as	O
the	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
apostrophe	B-Language
is	O
also	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
variety	O
for	O
non-currency	O
values	O
:	O
1'234'567	O
,	O
89	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
English	O
Canada	O
:	O
There	O
are	O
two	O
cases	O
:	O
The	O
preferred	O
method	O
for	O
currency	O
values	O
is	O
$	O
10,000	O
.00	O
while	O
for	O
numeric	O
values	O
,	O
it	B-General_Concept
is	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
commas	O
are	O
also	O
sometimes	O
used	O
,	O
although	O
no	O
longer	O
taught	O
in	O
school	O
or	O
used	O
in	O
official	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
China	O
,	O
comma	O
and	O
space	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
mark	O
digit	O
groups	O
,	O
because	O
dot	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Sweden	O
,	O
the	O
currency	O
sometimes	O
used	O
the	O
colon	O
as	O
decimal	B-Application
separator	O
(	O
1	O
234	O
567:89	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
