Well I thought I had solved this but not quite. The Unix locale command returns information about date, time, number, and currency formats. For example, if I execute the following command in Terminal on my Mac:
locale -k LC_NUMERIC ... I get: decimal_point="." thousands_sep="," grouping="3;3" SImilar results for LC_MONETARY However, if I use the LC Shell command to issue the same command, it gives me: decimal_point="." thousands_sep= grouping="0" The decimal point is there but the thousands sep and grouping info is wrong. Similar corruption occurs for the LC_MONETARY info. Is Shell broken? Pete Haworth On Feb 28, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Is that just for UK formats? Looks like it, but I might be missing something. > > Bob > > > On Feb 28, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Marty Knapp wrote: > >> There's a stack called Accountancy Format that won't help you get the user >> info, but may be of some other use for you: >> >> <http://revonline2.runrev.com/stack/294/accountancyFormat%28%29> >> >> Marty Knapp >>> I found answers to my earlier post regarding formatting of dates and times >>> per the user's OS preferences but I'm still trying to figure out how to do >>> it for numbers and currency values. I need to know the thousands separator >>> character, the decimal character, and the currency character (and whether >>> it goes before the currency or after it) This is all on a Mac. >>> >>> I'm sure there are folks out there who have written software that is used >>> in different countries - how do you deal with this? I could users put >>> their preferences into my app but it seems such a waste when they've >>> already defined it to the OS. >>> >>> >>> Pete Haworth >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
