Originally Posted by
Yaatri
The confusion between comma and a period still remains.
The problem is use of a full stop, or a comma, instead of a mid-point, or comma to denote the decimal point.
When writing, I never use a full stop for a decimal point.
There's no confusion because only one of the symbols is in use (as opposed to 1,000.34 or 1.000,340 where both symbols are used). While multinational, most people I'm in contact with have an engineering/scientific background so there's no issue. And more importantly, no messing around with billion/trillion/etc.
medic51vrf (if you were serious), 5e3 = 5 * (10^3). Or in the example I gave before, 1.35e9 = 1.35 * (10^9) [or 1,35 * 10^9 if you use a decimal comma]