Decimal Separator
Numbers use a decimal separator to separate the integer and factional (decimal) component of a number.
In the English speaking world the period (.) is used as the decimal separator, however in large parts of the world the comma (,) is used as the decimal separator.
e.g.
$USD1,000.99 (one thousand dollars and 99 cents)
€EUR1.000,99 (one thousand euro and 99 cents)
Money2 use the English convention by default unless you use a CommonCurrency in which case the appropriate separators will have been set for each currency.
To switch to the Euro style convention set the decimalSeparator and groupSeparator arguments when creating a currency.
You will also need to provide an appropriate pattern.
Note: even if you have switched to alternate separators, Money2 patterns always use the '.' for a decimal separator and the ',' as the thousand group separator. This allows patterns to be shared amongst currencies.
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