Internationalization - Do you use regional friendly formatting?
Updated by Jeoffrey Fischer [SSW] 1 year ago. See history
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Currency formatting is not universal - therefore, it's crucial to adapt the formatting to match regional conventions.
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In Australia, one million is written this way: $1,000,000.00. But in Brazil, one million is written that way: $1.000.000,00.
So, in order to be culturally sensitive, try and use regional friendly formatting.
❌ Figure: Bad example - Bad Number Format
✅ Figure: Good example - Good Number Format
❌ Figure: Bad example - Bad Currency Format
✅ Figure: Good example - Good Currency Format
❌ Figure: Bad example - Bad Percentage Format
✅ Figure: Good example - Good Percentage Format
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