Progress
Version 9
Product Update Bulletin
Clarifications Concerning the Decimal Point and the Thousands Separator
This section clarifies the changes described in the previous section.
Numeric Constants In 4GL Source Code
In 4GL source code, in numeric constants, Progress still expects the fractional separator to appear as a period and the thousands separator to appear as a comma. This has not changed.
Word-break Tables and Word Indexing
If you change the character that represents, in formatted text, the fractional separator or the thousands separator, and you want word breaking to conform to these changes, you must set up your word-break table accordingly. For more information see the word-break tables and word indexing, in the:
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