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Proper use of dollar sign
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01/06/2010 05:13:04
 
 
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Forum:
ASP.NET
Category:
Other
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Environment:
VB 9.0
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Application:
Web
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Thread ID:
01466747
Message ID:
01466781
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>>What is the proper use of a dollar sign in a price display? In English, should we put it at the end or at the beginning? Also, what about French?
>
>The general rule seems to be to display it in the way it would be used in the native country.
>So U.S. dollars would be $1,000,000 ; Euros 1,000,000€ UK Sterling £1,000,000 etc regardless of context in which they are being used....
>
>Or use the other convention 1,000,000USD , 1,000,000EUR, 1,000,000GBP etc ?

I think that the € should precede the amount like the dollar and the sterling, although that varies per country

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_sign under Usage

If you use EUR/GBP/USD I've always heard that you can put the currency before or after the amount

USD 1,000.00
1,000.00 USD
Gregory
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