Numeric data formatting has a direct impact on currency format. There are almost as many way of displaying currencies worldwide as there are numeric formats. One major difference is units and sub-units and how they ar represented. For example, the dollar and cents in the US, the Euro and cents in the EU, the Albanian Lek and the Quindar, the Chinese Yuan and the Jiao/Fen, and, in the old days, the French Franc and the centimes, and so on....
Although currencies follow most of their respective numeric data formats, some countries follow different rules when it comes to displaying currency data in an application. Some characteristics need to be take into consideration, such as the currency format with positive and negative values, the decimal positions required, the numeric separators, the field lengths, and the padding characters.
One interesting aspect of currency representation is the use of symbols and signs. Some countries use a single symbol, other a combination of characters and/or symbols. Some display the currency symbol before the number itself, others after the number. Although we are all familiar with the $, most countries define their own symbols to represent the way their currencies should be represented. Do you know what country would display prices such as Q123,456.78? |
