Don Cragun wrote:
> Eric Lowe wrote on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:31:31 -0500...
>>> DESCRIPTION
>>> o An optional unit character, from the following set:
>>> 'A' : the unit is choosen automatically for the best
>>> human-readable result. The integer part of the
>>> result will be between 0 and 999 when radix-10
>>> is used for the conversion, or 0 to 1023 when
>>> radix-2 is used for the conversion.
>>> 'N' : use no metric unit for conversion.
>>> 'K' : use the metric unit of kilo.
>>> 'M' : use the metric unit of mega.
>>> 'G' : use the metric unit of giga.
>>> 'P' : use the metric unit of peta.
>>> 'T' : use the metric unit of tera.
>>> 'E' : use the metric unit of exa.
>
> Shouldn't you also specify lowercase versions of these unit characters
> to produce lowercase characters in the output?
That doesn't make sense to me. Except for the 'K' case, where it should
be the lower case to begin with, some of the lower case letters have
different meanings in the metric (SI) system: 'm' stands for "milli" (a
thousandth), 'p' stands stands for "pico" (a trillionth).
'K' may be used to denote kilo in American usage, but that is not the
case in international use. However, back when I went to school in
Germany, I learned that 'K' is often used for kilo to denote 2^10.
That does bring up the question whether there should be a way to specify
the comma as the decimal marker, as it is used widely in languages other
than English.
Jochen
