All,
Engineering data standards for metric values insist on (A) a leading
zero for all numbers with an absolute value less than 1, and (B) no
trailing zeros. It would be very "nice" if OpenOffice would support
such a formatting intrinsically. ???
The tradition for English/Imperial numeric values is that the number of
decimal places defines the nominal tolerance assigned to it. Thus, a
value expressed as X.XXX has a different meaning than one expressed as
X.XX or X.X. Further, American standard practice (and, I believe -- but
am not positive, British Standard practice) calls for no leading zeros.
Adherence to these standards helps avoid confusion in a bi-dimensional
world. The American standard defining this is ASME/ANSI Y14.5.
Thank you.
.
Lew Merrick, PE
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