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[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i just use an apostrophe, why make things complicated? 1'000'000.00 should be unambigous to almost everyone, provided they can rub some braincells together.

[โ€“] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You'd think so, but I've seen people do 1.350'78. in their mind, it's to avoid confusion too.