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3.141,592 - Germany formats numbers that way.


Here in Switzerland it's even worse because it depends on where in Switzerland you're formatting the number (French parts have different rules from German parts) and whether you're formatting a number as a plain number or a monetary value.

if it's money, you use the . as the decimal separator everywhere. if it's just a number, in the French parts, it's , in the German parts the .

The thousands separator is ' everywhere


surely this must routinely cause horrific mistakes in things like bank transactions?


Norway as well




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