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Thanks, but that leaves doubt whether you wrote a decimal or thousands separator.

It is close to 5000 liters.



The International Bureau of Weights and Measures standardized using thin spaces as a thousands separator and either a period or comma for a decimal separator.

I recommend not adopting the mindset of using a comma or period as a thousands separator, as all it will do is lead to confusion depending on which country you're in.


An honest question: Do the regions that use a comma for a decimal separator still call it a decimal point?


Poland here - yep. We call it "punkt dziesiętny" which literally translates to "decimal point",even though we use a comma.


Not in the languages that I am familiar with. the big question is, whether it is before or after The Comma. The Comma does not need more qualifiers than that.


No, it's a comma. In Spanish, two point three is "dos coma tres".


Thanks. Removed the decimal separator, since it's surely not important.


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