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diff --git a/manual/locale.texi b/manual/locale.texi index 6208710121..b4b7f4b24f 100644 --- a/manual/locale.texi +++ b/manual/locale.texi @@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ strfmon (buf, 100, "@@%n@@%n@@%n@@", 123.45, -567.89, 12345.678); @noindent The output produced is @smallexample -"@@$123.45@@-$123.45@@$12,345.68@@" +"@@$123.45@@-$567.89@@$12,345.68@@" @end smallexample We can notice several things here. First, the width for all formats is @@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ strfmon (buf, 100, "@@%=*11n@@%=*11n@@%=*11n@@", 123.45, -567.89, 12345.678); The output this time is: @smallexample -"@@ $123.45@@ -$123.45@@ $12,345.68@@" +"@@ $123.45@@ -$567.89@@ $12,345.68@@" @end smallexample Two things stand out. First, all fields have the same width (eleven @@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ This rather complex format string produces the following output: The most noticeable change is the use of the alternative style to represent negative numbers. In financial circles it is often done using -braces and this is what the @samp{(} flag selected. The fill character +parentheses and this is what the @samp{(} flag selected. The fill character is now @samp{0}. Please note that this @samp{0} character is not regarded as a numeric zero and therefore the first and second number are not printed using a thousands separator. Since we use in the format the |